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m Add a warning about a default privacy feature of Networkmanager being silently turned off when using iwd as a backend. Refs: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280657 https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/2502 Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Visual edit |
Fixed an error in prior change (forgot Network) |
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[https://archive.kernel.org/oldwiki/iwd.wiki.kernel.org/ iwd] (iNet wireless daemon) is a Linux-only wireless daemon aiming to decrease the time spent making connections. | [https://archive.kernel.org/oldwiki/iwd.wiki.kernel.org/ iwd] (iNet wireless daemon) is a Linux-only wireless daemon aiming to decrease the time spent making connections. | ||
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{ | { | ||
networking.wireless.iwd.settings = { | networking.wireless.iwd.settings = { | ||
Network = { | |||
EnableIPv6 = true; | |||
}; | }; | ||
Settings = { | Settings = { | ||
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<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd"; | networking.networkmanager.wifi.backend = "iwd"; | ||
</syntaxhighlight>{{Warning|Setting this will silently turn off MAC address randomization as Networkmanager does not control the MAC address randomization features of `iwd` for which it is turned off by default. | </syntaxhighlight>{{Warning|Setting this will silently turn off MAC address randomization as Networkmanager does not control the MAC address randomization features of `iwd` for which it is turned off by default.<ref>https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280657</ref><ref>https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/issues/1111</ref> | ||
To remediate this, configure iwd directly using the `AddressRandomization` option.}} | |||
=== iwd as backend for Connman === | === iwd as backend for Connman === | ||