Re: Passing wpa_supplicant parameters through NetworkManager

[Shawn Adams <shawn_adams web de>]

Dan,


Thanks for the reply.


It would be great if 802.11w would be added to the NM UI, how does one
get this filed as an official "feature" or change request ?

I'll read the NM wiki. thanks



Shawn


On 15.08.2016 19:05, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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