omar: Add wpa networking config

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/hosts/omar/wireless-networking/default.nix b/hosts/omar/wireless-networking/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78a9d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/omar/wireless-networking/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# This module configures wireless networking using WPA.
+
+{...}:
+
+{
+  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
+  networking.wireless.enable = true;
+
+  # wpa_supplicant needs a configuration file. That file contains plaintext
+  # passwords and should NOT be added to the configuration. Instead, let's
+  # store it persistently.
+  #
+  # I created that file with the following commands:
+  #   mkdir -p /persist/etc/
+  #   echo '# Allow frontend (e.g. wpa_cli) to be used by all users in 'wheel' group.
+  #   ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel' >/persist/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
+  # And then I added the network={} blocks for the networks I know.
+  environment.etc."wpa_supplicant.conf".source = "/persist/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf";
+}