1IWD.AP(5) Linux Connectivity IWD.AP(5)
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6 iwd.ap - Configuration of IWD access point
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9 iwd.ap - Access point provisioning files
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12 Description of access point provisioning files.
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15 An access point provisioning files define the configuration of an IWD
16 access point. These files live in $STATE_DIRECTORY/ap (/var/lib/iwd/ap
17 by default).
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20 See iwd.network for details on the file format.
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23 The settings are split into several categories. Each category has a
24 group associated with it and described in separate tables below.
25 Network Authentication Settings
27 The group [Security] contains settings for Wi-Fi security and authenti‐
28 cation configuration.
29 ┌───────────┬────────────────────────────┐
31 │Passphrase │ 8..63 character string │
32 │ │ │
33 │ │ Passphrase to be used with │
34 │ │ this access point. │
35 └───────────┴────────────────────────────┘
36 DHCP Server Settings
38 The group [IPv4] contains settings for IWD's built in DHCP server. All
39 settings are optional.
40 ┌──────────┬────────────────────────────┐
42 │Address │ IP Address of AP │
43 │ │ │
44 │ │ Optional address for the │
45 │ │ DHCP server/access point. │
46 │ │ If provided this address │
47 │ │ will be set on the AP │
48 │ │ interface and any other │
49 │ │ DHCP server options will │
50 │ │ be derived from this │
51 │ │ address, unless they are │
52 │ │ overriden inside the AP │
53 │ │ profile. If [IPv4].Address │
54 │ │ is not provided and no IP │
55 │ │ address is set on the │
56 │ │ interface prior to calling │
57 │ │ StartProfile the IP pool │
58 │ │ will be used. │
59 └──────────┴────────────────────────────┘
60 │Gateway │ IP Address of gateway │
68 │ │ │
69 │ │ IP address of gateway. │
70 │ │ This will inherit from │
71 │ │ [IPv4].Address if not pro‐ │
72 │ │ vided. │
73 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
74 │Netmask │ Netmask of DHCP server │
75 │ │ │
76 │ │ This will be generated │
77 │ │ from [IPv4].Address if not │
78 │ │ provided. │
79 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
80 │DNSList │ List of DNS servers │
81 │ │ │
82 │ │ A list of DNS servers │
83 │ │ which will be advertised │
84 │ │ by the DHCP server. If not │
85 │ │ provided no DNS servers │
86 │ │ will be sent by the DHCP │
87 │ │ server. │
88 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
89 │LeaseTime │ Time limit for DHCP leases │
90 │ │ │
91 │ │ Override the default lease │
92 │ │ time. │
93 ├──────────┼────────────────────────────┤
94 │IPRange │ Range of IPs to use for │
95 │ │ the DHCP server │
96 │ │ │
97 │ │ If not provided a default │
98 │ │ range will be chosen which │
99 │ │ is the DHCP server address │
100 │ │ + 1 to 254. │
101 └──────────┴────────────────────────────┘
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104 iwd(8), iwd.network(5)
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107 James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
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110 2020 Intel Corporation
111iwd 20 October 2020 IWD.AP(5)