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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/net.example.Linux.in | 21 |
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diff --git a/doc/net.example.Linux.in b/doc/net.example.Linux.in index 53d9e84..4fc603b 100644 --- a/doc/net.example.Linux.in +++ b/doc/net.example.Linux.in @@ -43,8 +43,20 @@ # You can also specify which modules not to use - for example you may be # using a supplicant or linux-wlan-ng to control wireless configuration but # you still want to configure network settings per SSID associated with. -#modules="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant" -# IMPORTANT: If you need the above, please disable modules in that order +# +# A common case here may be using hostapd or other external configuration of +# the wireless hardware at layer 2, but leaving netifrc to configure the layer +# 3 networking +# +# Best practice for this situation is to disable ALL netifrc wireless modules: +#modules="!wireless" +# +# This supersedes older cases where each module was disabled seperately: +# If new modules are introduced that provide wireless support, they may be used +# automatically otherwise, causing situations like +# https://bugs.gentoo.org/717226 +# Do not use a line like this anymore: +#modules="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant !iw !iwd" ############################################################################## @@ -435,9 +447,8 @@ # won't have associated then) # If you're using anything else to configure wireless on your interface AND -# you have installed wpa_supplicant, you need to disable wpa_supplicant -#modules="!iwconfig !wpa_supplicant" -#or +# you have installed wpa_supplicant, you need to disable wpa_supplicant. +# Please see the note about hostapd in the MODULES section. #modules="!wireless" ############################################################################## |