From 4e75ea04f545069138b54e1fee5b5c1236ba5b68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dougb Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:56:28 +0000 Subject: Add some notes and clarify a few sections: 1. Add a note to double-check the man page 2. Remove windows-specific items in the ctrl_interface section 3. Add a note that ap_scan must be set to 1 for use with wlan 4. Clarify the wording for scan_ssid related to APs that hide ssid 5. Clarify the wording for the priority option --- contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf | 21 ++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'contrib/wpa') diff --git a/contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf index 43e81a1..f5143c8 100644 --- a/contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf +++ b/contrib/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ ##### Example wpa_supplicant configuration file ############################### # +# ***** Please check wpa_supplicant.conf(5) for details on these options ***** +# # This file describes configuration file format and lists all available option. # Please also take a look at simpler configuration examples in 'examples' # subdirectory. @@ -59,19 +61,6 @@ # DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=0 # (group can be either group name or gid) # -# For UDP connections (default on Windows): The value will be ignored. This -# variable is just used to select that the control interface is to be created. -# The value can be set to, e.g., udp (ctrl_interface=udp) -# -# For Windows Named Pipe: This value can be used to set the security descriptor -# for controlling access to the control interface. Security descriptor can be -# set using Security Descriptor String Format (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/ -# library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/secauthz/security/ -# security_descriptor_string_format.asp). The descriptor string needs to be -# prefixed with SDDL=. For example, ctrl_interface=SDDL=D: would set an empty -# DACL (which will reject all connections). See README-Windows.txt for more -# information about SDDL string format. -# ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant # IEEE 802.1X/EAPOL version @@ -102,6 +91,8 @@ eapol_version=1 # the driver reports successful association; each network block should have # explicit security policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for # key_mgmt, pairwise, group, proto variables +# +# For use in FreeBSD with the wlan module ap_scan must be set to 1. ap_scan=1 # EAP fast re-authentication @@ -221,7 +212,7 @@ fast_reauth=1 # scan_ssid: # 0 = do not scan this SSID with specific Probe Request frames (default) # 1 = scan with SSID-specific Probe Request frames (this can be used to -# find APs that do not accept broadcast SSID or use multiple SSIDs; +# find APs that hide (do not broadcast) SSID or use multiple SSIDs; # this will add latency to scanning, so enable this only when needed) # # bssid: BSSID (optional); if set, this network block is used only when @@ -237,7 +228,7 @@ fast_reauth=1 # policy, signal strength, etc. # Please note that AP scanning with scan_ssid=1 and ap_scan=2 mode are not # using this priority to select the order for scanning. Instead, they try the -# networks in the order that used in the configuration file. +# networks in the order that they are listed in the configuration file. # # mode: IEEE 802.11 operation mode # 0 = infrastructure (Managed) mode, i.e., associate with an AP (default) -- cgit v1.1