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psiphi75
Asked: 2019-08-06 16:01:01 +0800 CST

How do I use iwd in Ubuntu 19.04?

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I'd like to replace wpa_supplicant with iwd and use it for my wifi networking. This is so that I can use and test Network Manager using iwd. I can't seem to find instructions around relating to Ubuntu this anywhere.

If you read the 19.04 release notes, it says:

IWD can now be enabled for use with Network Manager. IWD is a new alternative to wpa supplicant and is in testing for consideration in the future.

software-installation networking wireless network-manager wpa-supplicant

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  1. Best Answer

    I found the following works.

    sudo apt install iwd

    and create a new file called /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/iwd.conf and add the following:

    [device]
wifi.backend=iwd

    Then disable wpa supplicant:

    sudo systemctl mask wpa_supplicant
sudo reboot

    Thanks to the ever-useful Arch wiki.

    Update: Ubuntu are now testing iwd for their 20.10 release.

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