skiwarz
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 Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2024 3:22 am Post subject: Wifi-p2p with NetworkManager |
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I'm trying to set up a wifi direct connection between my laptop and an android phone. Searching online, this seems to be a very rare thing to do... For my laptop, I'm using NetworkManager with wpa_supplicant. My USE flags are: | Code: | net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r4::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="dbus fils hs2-0 mbo mesh p2p readline -ap -broadcom-sta -eap-sim -eapol-test -fasteap -macsec -privsep (-ps3) -qt5 (-selinux) -smartcard -tdls -tkip -uncommon-eap-types -wep (-wimax) -wps" ABI_X86="(64)"
net-misc/networkmanager-1.46.0-r1::gentoo was built with the following:
USE="bluetooth concheck connection-sharing elogind gtk-doc introspection modemmanager nftables nss policykit tools wifi -audit -debug -dhclient -dhcpcd -gnutls -iptables -iwd -libedit -ofono -ovs -ppp -psl -resolvconf (-selinux) -syslog -systemd -teamd -test -vala -wext" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)"
FEATURES="fixlafiles unmerge-orphans news assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg-live sfperms usersync userpriv xattr ipc-sandbox strict pid-sandbox pkgdir-index-trusted parallel-fetch binpkg-docompress protect-owned preserve-libs config-protect-if-modified ebuild-locks multilib-strict network-sandbox userfetch unmerge-logs unknown-features-warn merge-sync qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox usersandbox binpkg-dostrip distlocks"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -Wl,--undefined-version"
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I set up a connection using: | Code: | | nmcli con add connection.id myp2pnetwork connection.type "wifi-p2p" wifi-p2p.peer $PEER_MAC_ADDRESS |
When I start the connection with "nmcli con up myp2pnetwork" the terminal pauses for about 10 seconds before giving me "Error: Connection activation failed: The Wi-Fi P2P peer could not be found"
On the android device, I can see my laptop's wifi direct connection, and attempting to connect prompts me for a PIN.
1. How do I specify a PIN here, or is something breaking in my connection beforehand?
2. That error leads me to believe I *may* have the wrong MAC address. Is it possible to specify "connect to any MAC" on my laptop? I'm not sure if MAC randomization is on or causing issues on the android device (separate issue).
3. Should I be using different software for this, other than NetworkManager?
4. Does anyone actually use wifi direct and/or know anything about it? Like I said, the interwebs seems very... light... on the topic.
Thank you! |
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