nixos/doc: Small updates about wireless configuration. (#55918)

* Reference networking section from installation
* Add info about pskRaw option in networking.wireless.networks
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matix2267 2019-03-05 03:27:15 +01:00 committed by Danylo Hlynskyi
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</para>
<para>
If you are using WPA2 the <command>wpa_passphrase</command> tool might be
useful to generate the <literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>.
If you are using WPA2 you can generate pskRaw key using
<command>wpa_passphrase</command>:
<screen>
$ wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK
network={
ssid="echelon"
#psk="abcdefgh"
psk=dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435
}
</screen>
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-networking.wireless.networks"/> = {
echelon = {
pskRaw = "dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435";
};
}
</programlisting>
or you can use it to directly generate the
<literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>:
<screen>
# wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf</screen>
After you have edited the <literal>wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>, you need to

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option can be set to <literal>true</literal> to automatically add them to
the grub menu.
</para>
<para>
If you need to configure networking for your machine the configuration
options are described in <xref linkend="sec-networking"/>.
</para>
<para>
Another critical option is <option>fileSystems</option>, specifying the
file systems that need to be mounted by NixOS. However, you typically