On Sun, 2017-02-05 at 13:05 +0100, Shawn Adams wrote:
> All,
> 
> 
> After reading the great efforts to include WOL and other parameters
> into
> NM, I'm wondering if

the WOL patches are still not merged and require minor fixups:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2017-January/msg00029.html

> 
> there is interest in adding a few additional parameters that are
> becoming more interesting
> 
> for larger enterprise users
> 
> 
> * 802.11w MFP    - wpa_supplicant -
> 
> # PMF enabled: ieee80211w=1 and key_mgmt=WPA-EAP WPA-EAP-SHA256
> # PMF required: ieee80211w=2 and key_mgmt=WPA-EAP-SHA256
> 
> # pmf=1
> 
> 
> * UAPSD            - maybe difficult, chip-specific
> 
> * Power save    - maybe difficult, chip-specific  iw <inter> set
> power_save off

powersave works, doesn't it? See "powersave" in `man nm-settings`.




> * Opportunistic Key Caching
> 
> #okc=0
> 
> *  disable_vht: Whether VHT should be disabled.
> # 0 = VHT enabled (if AP supports it)
> # 1 = VHT disabled
> 
> * A clever method of enabling/disabling 802.11r
> 
> Much of this involves NM passing parameters to the
> wpa_supplicant.conf
> 
> And yes, granted - all predicated on the driver/NIC support where
> appropriate.
> 
> 
> I see most of these really helpful in network acceptance testing, or
> proving problems with differing clients,
> 
> would be great if NM offers easy, and in some cases, scriptable
> configuration which other OS make difficult.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,

In general, it would be great to add support for new options.

Let's tackle them one at a time. Patches welcome.


Thomas

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