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manpage: Document additional [General] settings

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Denis Kenzior 2019-10-25 11:21:29 -05:00
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@ -79,6 +79,83 @@ The group ``[General]`` contains general settings.
If not specified, ``systemd`` is used as default. If not specified, ``systemd`` is used as default.
* - UseDefaultInterface
- Values: true, **false**
Do not allow **iwd** to destroy / recreate wireless interfaces at
startup, including default interfaces. Enable this behavior if your
wireless card driver is buggy or does not allow such an operation, or
if you do not want **iwd** to manage netdevs for another reason. For
most users with an upstream driver it should be safe to omit/disable
this setting.
* - AddressRandomization
- Values: **disabled**, once
If ``AddressRandomization`` is set to ``disabled``, the default kernel
behavior is used. This means the kernel will assign a mac address from
the permanent mac address range provided by the hardware / driver. Thus
it is possible for networks to track the user by the mac address which
is permanent.
If ``AddressRandomization`` is set to ``once``, MAC address is
randomized a single time when **iwd** starts or when the hardware is
detected for the first time (due to hotplug, etc.)
* - AddressRandomizationRange
- Values: **full**, nic
One can control which part of the address is randomized using this
setting.
When using ``AddressRandomizationRange`` set to ``nic``, only the NIC
specific octets (last 3 octets) are randomized. Note that the
randomization range is limited to 00:00:01 to 00:00:FE. The permanent
mac address of the card is used for the initial 3 octets.
When using ``AddressRandomizationRange`` set to ``full``, all 6 octets
of the address are randomized. The locally-administered bit will be
set.
* - RoamThreshold
- Value: rssi dBm value, from -100 to 1, default: **-70**
This can be used to control how aggressively **iwd** roams.
* - ManagementFrameProtection
- Values: 0, **1** or 2
When ``ManagementFrameProtection`` is ``0``, MFP is completely turned
off, even if the hardware is capable. This setting is not recommended.
When ``ManagementFrameProtection`` is ``1``, MFP is enabled if the local
hardware and remote AP both support it.
When ``ManagementFrameProtection`` is ``2``, MFP is always required.
This can prevent successful connection establishment on some hardware or
to some networks.
* - ControlPortOverNL80211
- Values: false, **true**
Enable/Disable sending EAPoL packets over NL80211. Enabled by default
if kernel support is available. Doing so sends all EAPoL traffic over
directly to the supplicant process (**iwd**) instead of putting these on
the Ethernet device. Since only the supplicant can usually make
sense / decrypt these packets, enabling this option can save some CPU
cycles on your system and avoids certain long-standing race conditions.
* - DisableANQP
- Values: false, **true**
Enable/disable ANQP queries. The way IWD does ANQP queries is dependent
on a recent kernel patch (available in Kernel 5.3). If your kernel does
not have this functionality this should be disabled (default). Some
drivers also do a terrible job of sending public action frames
(freezing or crashes) which is another reason why this has been turned
off by default. If you want to easily utilize Hotspot 2.0 networks,
then setting ``DisableANQP`` to ``false`` is recommended.
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