From a2b290b81adfbe7e619cf82101bdd1c13de64566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rémy Oudompheng Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:36:23 +0200 Subject: Add option ESSID_TYPE=hex to support hexadecimal ESSIDs (FS#24333) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Rémy Oudompheng --- docs/examples/wireless-wpa | 5 +++++ docs/netcfg-profiles.txt | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/examples/wireless-wpa b/docs/examples/wireless-wpa index 20f5509..e2511f3 100644 --- a/docs/examples/wireless-wpa +++ b/docs/examples/wireless-wpa @@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ CONNECTION='wireless' DESCRIPTION='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection' INTERFACE='wlan0' SECURITY='wpa' + ESSID='MyNetwork' +## Uncomment if the supplied ESSID is hexadecimal +#ESSID_TYPE='hex' KEY='WirelessKey' + IP='dhcp' + # Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden #HIDDEN=yes diff --git a/docs/netcfg-profiles.txt b/docs/netcfg-profiles.txt index 5e11076..def2a37 100644 --- a/docs/netcfg-profiles.txt +++ b/docs/netcfg-profiles.txt @@ -159,7 +159,12 @@ SECURITY (required for security of 'wep', 'wpa', 'wpa-configsection' or 'wpa-con KEY (required for SECURITY of 'wpa' or 'wep' only) : Wireless encryption key. ESSID (this or AP is required) -: Name of network to connect to. +: Name of network to connect to, or hexadecimal digits (see + 'ESSID_TYPE') +ESSID_TYPE (optional, defaults to 'ascii') +: Set to 'ascii' or 'hex', if set to 'hex', ESSID will be interpreted + as an hexadecimal SSID and written unquoted to the wpa_supplicant + configuration file. AP (this or ESSID is required) : AP (BSSID) of the network to connect to. HIDDEN (optional) -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b