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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/wireless.rst b/docs/interfaces/wireless.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 2de3b126..00000000 --- a/docs/interfaces/wireless.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,573 +0,0 @@ -.. _wireless-interface: - -################### -Wireless LAN (WiFi) -################### - -:abbr:`WLAN (Wireless LAN)` interface provide 802.11 (a/b/g/n/ac) wireless -support (commonly referred to as Wi-Fi) by means of compatible hardware. If your -hardware supports it, VyOS supports multiple logical wireless interfaces per -physical device. - -There are three modes of operation for a wireless interface: - -* :abbr:`WAP (Wireless Access-Point)` provides network access to connecting - stations if the physical hardware supports acting as a WAP - -* A station acts as a Wi-Fi client accessing the network through an available - WAP - -* Monitor, the system passively monitors any kind of wireless traffic - -If the system detects an unconfigured wireless device, it will be automatically -added the configuration tree, specifying any detected settings (for example, -its MAC address) and configured to run in monitor mode. - -************* -Configuration -************* - -Common interface configuration -============================== - -.. cmdinclude:: ../_include/interface-common-with-dhcp.txt - :var0: wireless - :var1: wlan0 - -Wireless options -================ - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> channel <number> - - Channel number (IEEE 802.11), for 2.4Ghz (802.11 b/g/n) channels range from - 1-14. On 5Ghz (802.11 a/h/j/n/ac) channels available are 0, 34 to 173 - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> country-code <cc> - - Country code (ISO/IEC 3166-1). Used to set regulatory domain. Set as needed - to indicate country in which device is operating. This can limit available - channels and transmit power. - - .. note:: This option is mandatory in Access-Point mode. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> disable-broadcast-ssid - - Send empty SSID in beacons and ignore probe request frames that do not specify - full SSID, i.e., require stations to know SSID. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> expunge-failing-stations - - Disassociate stations based on excessive transmission failures or other - indications of connection loss. - - This depends on the driver capabilities and may not be available with all - drivers. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> isolate-stations - - Client isolation can be used to prevent low-level bridging of frames between - associated stations in the BSS. - - By default, this bridging is allowed. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> max-stations - - Maximum number of stations allowed in station table. New stations will be - rejected after the station table is full. IEEE 802.11 has a limit of 2007 - different association IDs, so this number should not be larger than that. - - This defaults to 2007. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> mgmt-frame-protection - - Management Frame Protection (MFP) according to IEEE 802.11w - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> mode <a | b | g | n | ac> - - Operation mode of wireless radio. - - * ``a`` - 802.11a - 54 Mbits/sec - * ``b`` - 802.11b - 11 Mbits/sec - * ``g`` - 802.11g - 54 Mbits/sec (default) - * ``n`` - 802.11n - 600 Mbits/sec - * ``ac`` - 802.11ac - 1300 Mbits/sec - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> physical-device <device> - - Wireless hardware device used as underlay radio. - - This defaults to phy0. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> reduce-transmit-power <number> - - Add Power Constraint element to Beacon and Probe Response frames. - - This option adds Power Constraint element when applicable and Country element - is added. Power Constraint element is required by Transmit Power Control. - - Valid values are 0..255. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> ssid <ssid> - - SSID to be used in IEEE 802.11 management frames - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> type <access-point | station | monitor> - - Wireless device type for this interface - - * ``access-point`` - Access-point forwards packets between other nodes - * ``station`` - Connects to another access point - * ``monitor`` - Passively monitor all packets on the frequency/channel - -PPDU ----- - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities require-ht - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities require-hvt - -HT (High Throughput) capabilities (802.11n) -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht 40mhz-incapable - - Device is incapable of 40 MHz, do not advertise. This sets ``[40-INTOLERANT]`` - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht auto-powersave - - WMM-PS Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery [U-APSD] - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht channel-set-width <ht20 | ht40+ | ht40-> - - Supported channel width set. - - * ``ht40-`` - Both 20 MHz and 40 MHz with secondary channel below the primary - channel - * ``ht40+`` - Both 20 MHz and 40 MHz with secondary channel above the primary - channel - - .. note:: There are limits on which channels can be used with HT40- and HT40+. - Following table shows the channels that may be available for HT40- and HT40+ - use per IEEE 802.11n Annex J: - - Depending on the location, not all of these channels may be available for use! - - .. code-block:: none - - freq HT40- HT40+ - 2.4 GHz 5-13 1-7 (1-9 in Europe/Japan) - 5 GHz 40,48,56,64 36,44,52,60 - - .. note:: 40 MHz channels may switch their primary and secondary channels if - needed or creation of 40 MHz channel maybe rejected based on overlapping - BSSes. These changes are done automatically when hostapd is setting up the - 40 MHz channel. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht delayed-block-ack - - Enable HT-delayed Block Ack ``[DELAYED-BA]`` - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht dsss-cck-40 - - DSSS/CCK Mode in 40 MHz, this sets ``[DSSS_CCK-40]`` - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht greenfield - - This enables the greenfield option which sets the ``[GF]`` option - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht ldpc - - Enable LDPC coding capability - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht lsig-protection - - Enable L-SIG TXOP protection capability - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht max-amsdu <3839 | 7935> - - Maximum A-MSDU length 3839 (default) or 7935 octets - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht short-gi <20 | 40> - - Short GI capabilities for 20 and 40 MHz - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht smps <static | dynamic> - - Spatial Multiplexing Power Save (SMPS) settings - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht stbc rx <num> - - Enable receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding) - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities ht stbc tx - - Enable sending PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding) - -VHT (Very High Throughput) capabilities (802.11ac) -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht antenna-count - - Number of antennas on this card - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht antenna-pattern-fixed - - Set if antenna pattern does not change during the lifetime of an association - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht beamform - <single-user-beamformer | single-user-beamformee | multi-user-beamformer | - multi-user-beamformee> - - Beamforming capabilities: - - * ``single-user-beamformer`` - Support for operation as single user beamformer - * ``single-user-beamformee`` - Support for operation as single user beamformee - * ``multi-user-beamformer`` - Support for operation as single user beamformer - * ``multi-user-beamformee`` - Support for operation as single user beamformer - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht center-channel-freq <freq-1 | freq-2> - - VHT operating channel center frequency - center freq 1 (for use with 80, 80+80 and 160 modes) - - VHT operating channel center frequency - center freq 2 (for use with the 80+80 mode) - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht channel-set-width <0 | 1 | 2 | 3> - - * ``0`` - 20 or 40 MHz channel width (default) - * ``1`` - 80 MHz channel width - * ``2`` - 160 MHz channel width - * ``3`` - 80+80 MHz channel width - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht ldpc - - Enable LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) coding capability - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht link-adaptation - - VHT link adaptation capabilities - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht max-mpdu <value> - - Increase Maximum MPDU length to 7991 or 11454 octets (default 3895 octets) - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht max-mpdu-exp <value> - - Set the maximum length of A-MPDU pre-EOF padding that the station can receive - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht short-gi <80 | 160> - - Short GI capabilities - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht stbc rx <num> - - Enable receiving PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding) - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht stbc tx - - Enable sending PPDU using STBC (Space Time Block Coding) - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht tx-powersave - - Enable VHT TXOP Power Save Mode - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces wireless <interface> capabilities vht vht-cf - - Station supports receiving VHT variant HT Control field - -Wireless options (Station/Client) -================================= - -The example creates a wireless station (commonly referred to as Wi-Fi client) -that accesses the network through the WAP defined in the above example. The -default physical device (``phy0``) is used. - -.. code-block:: none - - set interfaces wireless wlan0 type station - set interfaces wireless wlan0 address dhcp - set interfaces wireless wlan0 ssid Test - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa - -Resulting in - -.. code-block:: none - - interfaces { - [...] - wireless wlan0 { - address dhcp - security { - wpa { - passphrase "12345678" - } - } - ssid TEST - type station - } - -Security -======== - -:abbr:`WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)` and WPA2 Enterprise in combination with -802.1x based authentication can be used to authenticate users or computers -in a domain. - -The wireless client (supplicant) authenticates against the RADIUS server -(authentication server) using an :abbr:`EAP (Extensible Authentication -Protocol)` method configured on the RADIUS server. The WAP (also referred -to as authenticator) role is to send all authentication messages between the -supplicant and the configured authentication server, thus the RADIUS server -is responsible for authenticating the users. - -The WAP in this example has the following characteristics: - -* IP address ``192.168.2.1/24`` -* Network ID (SSID) ``Enterprise-TEST`` -* WPA passphrase ``12345678`` -* Use 802.11n protocol -* Wireless channel ``1`` -* RADIUS server at ``192.168.3.10`` with shared-secret ``VyOSPassword`` - -.. code-block:: none - - set interfaces wireless wlan0 address '192.168.2.1/24' - set interfaces wireless wlan0 type access-point - set interfaces wireless wlan0 channel 1 - set interfaces wireless wlan0 mode n - set interfaces wireless wlan0 ssid 'TEST' - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa mode wpa2 - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa cipher CCMP - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa radius server 192.168.3.10 key 'VyOSPassword' - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa radius server 192.168.3.10 port 1812 - -Resulting in - -.. code-block:: none - - interfaces { - [...] - wireless wlan0 { - address 192.168.2.1/24 - channel 1 - mode n - security { - wpa { - cipher CCMP - mode wpa2 - radius { - server 192.168.3.10 { - key 'VyOSPassword' - port 1812 - } - } - } - } - ssid "Enterprise-TEST" - type access-point - } - } - system { - [...] - wifi-regulatory-domain DE - } - - -VLAN -==== - -Regular VLANs (802.1q) ----------------------- - -.. cmdinclude:: ../_include/interface-vlan-8021q.txt - :var0: wireless - :var1: wlan0 - -QinQ (802.1ad) --------------- - -.. cmdinclude:: ../_include/interface-vlan-8021ad.txt - :var0: wireless - :var1: wlan0 - -********* -Operation -********* - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless info - -Use this command to view operational status and wireless-specific information -about all wireless interfaces. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless info - Interface Type SSID Channel - wlan0 access-point VyOS-TEST-0 1 - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless detail - -Use this command to view operational status and detailes wireless-specific -information about all wireless interfaces. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless detail - wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 - link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:c3 brd XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:ff - inet xxx.xxx.99.254/24 scope global wlan0 - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:fe54:2fc3/64 scope link - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - - RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast - 66072 282 0 0 0 0 - TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collisions - 83413 430 0 0 0 0 - - wlan1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 - link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:c3 brd XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:ff - inet xxx.xxx.100.254/24 scope global wlan0 - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:ffff:2ed3/64 scope link - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - - RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast - 166072 5282 0 0 0 0 - TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collisions - 183413 5430 0 0 0 0 - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless <wlanX> - -This command shows both status and statistics on the specified wireless interface. -The wireless interface identifier can range from wlan0 to wlan999. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless wlan0 - wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 - link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:c3 brd XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:ff - inet xxx.xxx.99.254/24 scope global wlan0 - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - inet6 fe80::xxxx:xxxx:fe54:2fc3/64 scope link - valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever - - RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast - 66072 282 0 0 0 0 - TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collisions - 83413 430 0 0 0 0 - - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless <wlanX> brief - -This command gives a brief status overview of a specified wireless interface. -The wireless interface identifier can range from wlan0 to wlan999. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless wlan0 brief - Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down - Interface IP Address S/L Description - --------- ---------- --- ----------- - wlan0 192.168.2.254/24 u/u - - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless <wlanX> queue - -Use this command to view wireless interface queue information. -The wireless interface identifier can range from wlan0 to wlan999. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless wlan0 queue - qdisc pfifo_fast 0: root bands 3 priomap 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Sent 810323 bytes 6016 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0) - rate 0bit 0pps backlog 0b 0p requeues 0 - - -.. opcmd:: show interfaces wireless <wlanX> scan - -This command is used to retrieve information about WAP within the range of your -wireless interface. This command is useful on wireless interfaces configured -in station mode. - -.. note:: Scanning is not supported on all wireless drivers and wireless - hardware. Refer to your driver and wireless hardware documentation for - further details. - -.. code-block:: none - - vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces wireless wlan0 scan - Address SSID Channel Signal (dbm) - 00:53:3b:88:6e:d8 WLAN-576405 1 -64.00 - 00:53:3b:88:6e:da Telekom_FON 1 -64.00 - 00:53:00:f2:c2:a4 BabyView_F2C2A4 6 -60.00 - 00:53:3b:88:6e:d6 Telekom_FON 100 -72.00 - 00:53:3b:88:6e:d4 WLAN-576405 100 -71.00 - 00:53:44:a4:96:ec KabelBox-4DC8 56 -81.00 - 00:53:d9:7a:67:c2 WLAN-741980 1 -75.00 - 00:53:7c:99:ce:76 Vodafone Homespot 1 -86.00 - 00:53:44:a4:97:21 KabelBox-4DC8 1 -78.00 - 00:53:44:a4:97:21 Vodafone Hotspot 1 -79.00 - 00:53:44:a4:97:21 Vodafone Homespot 1 -79.00 - 00:53:86:40:30:da Telekom_FON 1 -86.00 - 00:53:7c:99:ce:76 Vodafone Hotspot 1 -86.00 - 00:53:44:46:d2:0b Vodafone Hotspot 1 -87.00 - - -******** -Examples -******** - -The following example creates a WAP. When configuring multiple WAP interfaces, -you must specify unique IP addresses, channels, Network IDs commonly referred -to as :abbr:`SSID (Service Set Identifier)`, and MAC addresses. - -The WAP in this example has the following characteristics: - -* IP address ``192.168.2.1/24`` -* Network ID (SSID) ``TEST`` -* WPA passphrase ``12345678`` -* Use 802.11n protocol -* Wireless channel ``1`` - -.. code-block:: none - - set interfaces wireless wlan0 address '192.168.2.1/24' - set interfaces wireless wlan0 type access-point - set interfaces wireless wlan0 channel 1 - set interfaces wireless wlan0 mode n - set interfaces wireless wlan0 ssid 'TEST' - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa mode wpa2 - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa cipher CCMP - set interfaces wireless wlan0 security wpa passphrase '12345678' - -Resulting in - -.. code-block:: none - - interfaces { - [...] - wireless wlan0 { - address 192.168.2.1/24 - channel 1 - mode n - security { - wpa { - cipher CCMP - mode wpa2 - passphrase "12345678" - } - } - ssid "TEST" - type access-point - } - } - system { - [...] - wifi-regulatory-domain DE - } - -To get it to work as a access point with this configuration you will need -to set up a DHCP server to work with that network. You can - of course - also -bridge the Wireless interface with any configured bridge -(:ref:`bridge-interface`) on the system. |