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| author | uuuvn <uuuvn@uuuvn.space> | 2023-06-01 13:07:36 +0400 |
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| committer | uuuvn <uuuvn@uuuvn.space> | 2023-06-04 20:03:31 +0400 |
| commit | 619e746663c76c841477f3a6ae9c64ca68c41472 (patch) | |
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Move from wpa_supplicant to iwd
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diff --git a/docs/uefi-standalone.md b/docs/uefi-standalone.md index 039b55f4e8dc..3916fe07336a 100644 --- a/docs/uefi-standalone.md +++ b/docs/uefi-standalone.md @@ -278,7 +278,21 @@ Some keyboard layouts are not detected correctly. On some devices, the \` key is Once you are happy with your initial configuration, you may install the system. This will have to download a large amount of data. -You can configure wireless networking in the installer using `wpa_supplicant` by following [the minimal installer directions](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-installation-booting-networking) in the NixOS manual. +We use iwd instead of wpa_supplicant because the latter [does not support WPA3 on broadcom chips](https://www.reddit.com/r/AsahiLinux/comments/12igyoa/comment/jftvl3c) (which are installed on macs) and in general iwd is more modern, easy to use and maintained then wpa_supplicant.<br> +You can configure WiFi in the installer using `iwctl`: +``` +nixos# iwctl +NetworkConfigurationEnabled: enabled +StateDirectory: /var/lib/iwd +Version: 2.4 +[iwd]# station wlan0 connect <SSID> +Type the network passphrase for <SSID> psk. +Passphrase: <your passphrase> +[iwd]# station wlan0 show +[...] +[iwd] exit +``` + Once the network is set up, ensure the time is set correctly, then install the system. You will be asked to set a root password as the final step: ``` |