On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 12:12:42PM +0100, Beniamino Galvani wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:42:41AM +0100, dennis knorr wrote: > > Hi, > > > > [...] > > > > My wishes/requirements would be: > > * possibility to configure timeout for non-successfull connection > > attempt with 802.1x/wpa supplicant (on cable/wireless) > > The timeout is now hardcoded to 25 seconds: > > https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/src/devices/nm-device-ethernet.c?id=1.6-rc1#n800 > > In order to make it configurable we probably can add a new > per-connection "802-1x.auth-timeout" (or similar) property. > > > * possibility to configure number of retries for connection attempts > > with 802.1x/wpa supplicant (on cable/wireless) > > This is already possible with NM 1.6 using the > connection.autoconnect-retries property. > > > * possibility for a mixed network to send after the connection attempt > > (but not waiting for the successfull completion) a dhcp request, so we > > already get perhaps an IP. > > I think this could lead to confusion, as it would allow the connection > to a 802.1x secured profile without actual authentication (see [1] for > more details). > > [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723084
As commented there, I have pushed some commits to branch bg/802-1x-auth-timeout to add a 802-1x.auth-timeout property and allow a short fallback interval between the 802.1x and non-authenticated connection profiles. Beniamino
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