Re: Passing wpa_supplicant parameters through NetworkManager

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2016-08-14 at 22:40 +0200, Shawn Adams wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm interested in learning if it's possible to pass wpa_supplicant
> parameters directly
> from the NetworkManager configuration files to wpa_supplicant.
>
> The immediate need is to test 802.11w using chipsets which do support
> 802.11w, and
> the wpa_supplicant compiled with support.
>
> PMF enabled:
>
> ieee80211w=1
> key_mgmt=WPA-EAP WPA-EAP-SHA256
>
> Any combination configured into the
> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/<connection file>
> results in NM ignoring that configuration file.
>
> Is there any method to have NM use such parameters in a connection
> profile ?

Not at this time.  We should just add that EAP method to NM itself, if
the wifi driver supports PMF.

Dan