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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
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!!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
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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/iwdConfiguration
Manual
Warning
iwd is a work in process is definitely not ready for prime time computing!
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.