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authorJames Rayner <james@archlinux.org>2009-05-12 15:14:40 +0200
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+% WIRELESS-DBUS netcfg manuals
+% Arch Linux
+%
+
+# 'wireless-dbus' Connection manual
+## Description
+This connection method uses wpa_supplicant's dbus interface to configure a wireless network connection.
+
+This connection uses the 'ethernet-iproute' connection after successful association and thus supports all of it's options.
+
+## Options
+INTERFACE (required)
+: The wireless interface to configure
+SECURITY (required)
+: One of 'wpa', 'wep', 'none' or 'wpa-config'
+KEY (required for SECURITY of 'wpa' or 'wep' only)
+: Wireless encryption key.
+ESSID (required)
+: Name of network to connect to.
+TIMEOUT
+: Time to wait for association. Defaults to 15 seconds.
+
+### WPA options
+WPA_CONF (for SECURITY of 'wpa-config' only)
+: Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
+WPA_DRIVER
+: wpa_supplicant driver to be used. Defaults to 'wext'
+WPA_OPTS
+: Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise.