Initial wireless configuration docs

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Andraz Brodnik 2013-07-07 15:49:50 +02:00 committed by Eelco Dolstra
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<section><title>Wireless networks</title>
<para>TODO</para>
<para>
NixOS will start wpa_supplicant for you if you enable this setting:
<programlisting>
networking.wireless.enable = true;
</programlisting>
NixOS currently does not generate wpa_supplicant's
configuration file, <literal>/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf</literal>. You should edit this file
ourself to define wireless networks, WPA keys and so on (see
wpa_supplicant.conf(5)).
</para>
<para>
If you are using WPA2 the <command>wpa_passphrase</command> tool might be useful
to 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 restart the wpa_supplicant service.
<screen>
$ systemctl restart wpa_supplicant.service</screen>
</para>
</section>