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# Wireless Networks {#sec-wireless}
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For a desktop installation using NetworkManager (e.g., GNOME), you just
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have to make sure the user is in the `networkmanager` group and you can
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skip the rest of this section on wireless networks.
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NixOS will start wpa_supplicant for you if you enable this setting:
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```nix
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networking.wireless.enable = true;
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```
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NixOS lets you specify networks for wpa_supplicant declaratively:
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```nix
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networking.wireless.networks = {
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echelon = { # SSID with no spaces or special characters
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psk = "abcdefgh";
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};
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"echelon's AP" = { # SSID with spaces and/or special characters
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psk = "ijklmnop";
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};
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echelon = { # Hidden SSID
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hidden = true;
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psk = "qrstuvwx";
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};
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free.wifi = {}; # Public wireless network
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};
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```
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Be aware that keys will be written to the nix store in plaintext! When
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no networks are set, it will default to using a configuration file at
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`/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf`. You should edit this file yourself to define
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wireless networks, WPA keys and so on (see wpa_supplicant.conf(5)).
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If you are using WPA2 you can generate pskRaw key using
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`wpa_passphrase`:
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```ShellSession
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$ wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK
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network={
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ssid="echelon"
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#psk="abcdefgh"
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psk=dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435
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}
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```
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```nix
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networking.wireless.networks = {
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echelon = {
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pskRaw = "dca6d6ed41f4ab5a984c9f55f6f66d4efdc720ebf66959810f4329bb391c5435";
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};
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}
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```
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or you can use it to directly generate the `wpa_supplicant.conf`:
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```ShellSession
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# wpa_passphrase ESSID PSK > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
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```
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After you have edited the `wpa_supplicant.conf`, you need to restart the
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wpa_supplicant service.
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```ShellSession
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# systemctl restart wpa_supplicant.service
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```
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