From 615a4d1e45ff7f17006b302e80773a7d351c3c78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:50:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for passphrase option.
The wifi-iface actually supports an undocumented option to choose
whether to treat a passphrase as a text passphrase or an encoded
passphrase (like encoded by the wpa_passphrase utility). This patch
documents that functionality.
Signed-off-by: Warren Turkal <wt@penguintechs.org>
SVN-Revision: 17712
---
docs/wireless.tex | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/wireless.tex b/docs/wireless.tex
index 16dcd689fe..efb07eafb4 100644
--- a/docs/wireless.tex
+++ b/docs/wireless.tex
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ config wifi-iface
option key2 key 2
option key3 key 3
option key4 key 4
+ option passphrase 0,1
option server ip address
option port port
option hidden 0,1
@@ -219,6 +220,13 @@ config wifi-iface
\item \texttt{key, key1, key2, key3, key4} (wep, wpa and psk) \\
WEP key, WPA key (PSK mode) or the RADIUS shared secret (WPA RADIUS mode)
+ \item \texttt{passphrase} (wpa) \\
+ 0 treats the wpa psk as a text passphrase; 1 treats wpa psk as
+ encoded passphrase. You can generate an encoded passphrase with
+ the wpa\_passphrase utility. This is especially useful if your
+ passphrase contains special characters. This option only works
+ when using mac80211 or atheros type devices.
+
\item \texttt{server} (wpa) \\
The RADIUS server ip address
--
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