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Iwd

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iwd (iNet Wireless Daemon) is an up-and-coming wireless daemon for Linux. It is written by Intel and aims to replace wpa_supplicant.

Installation

Kernel

KERNEL
Security Options --->
	[*] Enable access key retention support
		[*] Diffie-Hellman operations on retained keys

Cryptographic API  --->
	[*] Diffie-Hellman algorithm
	[*] DES and Triple DES EDE cipher algorithms
	[*] User-space interface for symmetric key cipher algorithms

USE flags

USE flags for net-wireless/iwd Wireless daemon for linux

client Enable iwctl client tool
monitor Enable iwmon monitor tool
ofono Enable support for oFono SIM authentication
selinux  !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
standalone Enable standalone mode with built-in DHCP client and DNS handling"
systemd Use systemd-resolve rather than resolvconf for DNS handling in standalone mode
wired Enable ethernet authentication daemon

Emerge

Install net-wireless/iwd package:

root #emerge --ask net-wireless/iwd

Configuration

Manual

Warning
iwd is a work in process is definitely not ready for prime time computing!

iwd can be manually compiled and installed by following the upstream directions.

See also

  • wifi — describes the setup of a wifi (wireless) network device.
  • wpa_supplicant — a wifi supplicant to handle network authentication.