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1wpa_supplicant and Wi-Fi P2P
2============================
3
4This document describes how the Wi-Fi P2P implementation in
5wpa_supplicant can be configured and how an external component on the
6client (e.g., management GUI) is used to enable WPS enrollment and
7registrar registration.
8
9
10Introduction to Wi-Fi P2P
11-------------------------
12
13TODO
14
15More information about Wi-Fi P2P is available from Wi-Fi Alliance:
16http://www.wi-fi.org/Wi-Fi_Direct.php
17
18
19wpa_supplicant implementation
20-----------------------------
21
22TODO
23
24
25wpa_supplicant configuration
26----------------------------
27
28Wi-Fi P2P is an optional component that needs to be enabled in the
29wpa_supplicant build configuration (.config). Here is an example
30configuration that includes Wi-Fi P2P support and Linux nl80211
31-based driver interface:
32
33CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y
34CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y
35CONFIG_P2P=y
36CONFIG_AP=y
37CONFIG_WPS=y
38
39
40In run-time configuration file (wpa_supplicant.conf), some parameters
41for P2P may be set. In order to make the devices easier to recognize,
42device_name and device_type should be specified. For example,
43something like this should be included:
44
45ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
46device_name=My P2P Device
47device_type=1-0050F204-1
48
49
50wpa_cli
51-------
52
53Actual Wi-Fi P2P operations are requested during runtime. These can be
54done for example using wpa_cli (which is described below) or a GUI
55like wpa_gui-qt4.
56
57
58wpa_cli starts in interactive mode if no command string is included on
59the command line. By default, it will select the first network interface
60that it can find (and that wpa_supplicant controls). If more than one
61interface is in use, it may be necessary to select one of the explicitly
62by adding -i argument on the command line (e.g., 'wpa_cli -i wlan1').
63
64Most of the P2P operations are done on the main interface (e.g., the
65interface that is automatically added when the driver is loaded, e.g.,
66wlan0). When using a separate virtual interface for group operations
67(e.g., wlan1), the control interface for that group interface may need
68to be used for some operations (mainly WPS activation in GO). This may
69change in the future so that all the needed operations could be done
70over the main control interface.
71
72Device Discovery
73
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74p2p_find [timeout in seconds] [type=<social|progressive>] \
75 [dev_id=<addr>] [delay=<search delay in ms>]
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76
77The default behavior is to run a single full scan in the beginning and
78then scan only social channels. type=social will scan only social
79channels, i.e., it skips the initial full scan. type=progressive is
80like the default behavior, but it will scan through all the channels
81progressively one channel at the time in the Search state rounds. This
82will help in finding new groups or groups missed during the initial
83full scan.
84
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85The optional dev_id option can be used to specify a single P2P peer to
86search for. The optional delay parameter can be used to request an extra
87delay to be used between search iterations (e.g., to free up radio
88resources for concurrent operations).
89
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90p2p_listen [timeout in seconds]
91
92Start Listen-only state (become discoverable without searching for
93other devices). Optional parameter can be used to specify the duration
94for the Listen operation in seconds. This command may not be of that
95much use during normal operations and is mainly designed for
96testing. It can also be used to keep the device discoverable without
97having to maintain a group.
98
99p2p_stop_find
100
101Stop ongoing P2P device discovery or other operation (connect, listen
102mode).
103
104p2p_flush
105
106Flush P2P peer table and state.
107
108Group Formation
109
0918c4bf 110p2p_prov_disc <peer device address> <display|keypad|pbc> [join|auto]
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111
112Send P2P provision discovery request to the specified peer. The
113parameters for this command are the P2P device address of the peer and
114the desired configuration method. For example, "p2p_prov_disc
11502:01:02:03:04:05 display" would request the peer to display a PIN for
116us and "p2p_prov_disc 02:01:02:03:04:05 keypad" would request the peer
117to enter a PIN that we display.
118
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119The optional "join" parameter can be used to indicate that this command
120is requesting an already running GO to prepare for a new client. This is
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121mainly used with "display" to request it to display a PIN. The "auto"
122parameter can be used to request wpa_supplicant to automatically figure
123out whether the peer device is operating as a GO and if so, use
124join-a-group style PD instead of GO Negotiation style PD.
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61ff2c80 126p2p_connect <peer device address> <pbc|pin|PIN#> [display|keypad]
23c84252 127 [persistent|persistent=<network id>] [join|auth]
3bc462cb 128 [go_intent=<0..15>] [freq=<in MHz>] [provdisc]
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129
130Start P2P group formation with a discovered P2P peer. This includes
131optional group owner negotiation, group interface setup, provisioning,
132and establishing data connection.
133
134The <pbc|pin|PIN#> parameter specifies the WPS provisioning
135method. "pbc" string starts pushbutton method, "pin" string start PIN
136method using an automatically generated PIN (which will be returned as
137the command return code), PIN# means that a pre-selected PIN can be
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138used (e.g., 12345670). [display|keypad] is used with PIN method
139to specify which PIN is used (display=dynamically generated random PIN
140from local display, keypad=PIN entered from peer display). "persistent"
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141parameter can be used to request a persistent group to be formed. The
142"persistent=<network id>" alternative can be used to pre-populate
143SSID/passphrase configuration based on a previously used persistent
144group where this device was the GO. The previously used parameters will
145then be used if the local end becomes the GO in GO Negotiation (which
146can be forced with go_intent=15).
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147
148"join" indicates that this is a command to join an existing group as a
149client. It skips the GO Negotiation part. This will send a Provision
150Discovery Request message to the target GO before associating for WPS
151provisioning.
152
153"auth" indicates that the WPS parameters are authorized for the peer
154device without actually starting GO Negotiation (i.e., the peer is
155expected to initiate GO Negotiation). This is mainly for testing
156purposes.
157
158"go_intent" can be used to override the default GO Intent for this GO
159Negotiation.
160
161"freq" can be used to set a forced operating channel (e.g., freq=2412
162to select 2.4 GHz channel 1).
163
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164"provdisc" can be used to request a Provision Discovery exchange to be
165used prior to starting GO Negotiation as a workaround with some deployed
166P2P implementations that require this to allow the user to accept the
167connection.
168
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169p2p_group_add [persistent|persistent=<network id>] [freq=<freq in MHz>]
170
171Set up a P2P group owner manually (i.e., without group owner
172negotiation with a specific peer). This is also known as autonomous
173GO. Optional persistent=<network id> can be used to specify restart of
174a persistent group. Optional freq=<freq in MHz> can be used to force
175the GO to be started on a specific frequency. Special freq=2 or freq=5
176options can be used to request the best 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band channel
177to be selected automatically.
178
179p2p_reject <peer device address>
180
181Reject connection attempt from a peer (specified with a device
182address). This is a mechanism to reject a pending GO Negotiation with
183a peer and request to automatically block any further connection or
184discovery of the peer.
185
186p2p_group_remove <group interface>
187
188Terminate a P2P group. If a new virtual network interface was used for
189the group, it will also be removed. The network interface name of the
190group interface is used as a parameter for this command.
191
192p2p_cancel
193
194Cancel an ongoing P2P group formation related operation.
195
196Service Discovery
197
198p2p_serv_disc_req
199
200Schedule a P2P service discovery request. The parameters for this
201command are the device address of the peer device (or 00:00:00:00:00:00
202for wildcard query that is sent to every discovered P2P peer that
203supports service discovery) and P2P Service Query TLV(s) as hexdump. For
204example,
205
206p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 02000001
207
208schedules a request for listing all available services of all service
209discovery protocols and requests this to be sent to all discovered
210peers (note: this can result in long response frames). The pending
211requests are sent during device discovery (see p2p_find).
212
213Only a single pending wildcard query is supported, but there can be
214multiple pending peer device specific queries (each will be sent in
215sequence whenever the peer is found).
216
217This command returns an identifier for the pending query (e.g.,
218"1f77628") that can be used to cancel the request. Directed requests
219will be automatically removed when the specified peer has replied to
220it.
221
222For UPnP, an alternative command format can be used to specify a
223single query TLV (i.e., a service discovery for a specific UPnP
224service):
225
226p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp <version hex> <ST: from M-SEARCH>
227
228For example:
229
230p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1
231
232Additional examples for queries:
233
234# list of all Bonjour services
235p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 02000101
236
237# list of all UPnP services
238p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 02000201
239
240# list of all WS-Discovery services
241p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 02000301
242
243# list of all Bonjour and UPnP services
244p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 0200010102000202
245
246# Apple File Sharing over TCP
247p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 130001010b5f6166706f766572746370c00c000c01
248
249# Bonjour SSTH (supported service type hash)
250p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 05000101000000
251
252# UPnP examples
253p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 ssdp:all
254p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 upnp:rootdevice
255p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:2
256p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 uuid:6859dede-8574-59ab-9332-123456789012
257p2p_serv_disc_req 00:00:00:00:00:00 upnp 10 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1
258
259p2p_serv_disc_cancel_req <query identifier>
260
261Cancel a pending P2P service discovery request. This command takes a
262single parameter: identifier for the pending query (the value returned
263by p2p_serv_disc_req, e.g., "p2p_serv_disc_cancel_req 1f77628".
264
265p2p_serv_disc_resp
266
267Reply to a service discovery query. This command takes following
268parameters: frequency in MHz, destination address, dialog token,
269response TLV(s). The first three parameters are copied from the
270request event. For example, "p2p_serv_disc_resp 2437 02:40:61:c2:f3:b7
2711 0300000101". This command is used only if external program is used
272to process the request (see p2p_serv_disc_external).
273
274p2p_service_update
275
276Indicate that local services have changed. This is used to increment
277the P2P service indicator value so that peers know when previously
278cached information may have changed. This is only needed when external
279service discovery processing is enabled since the commands to
280pre-configure services for internal processing will increment the
281indicator automatically.
282
283p2p_serv_disc_external <0|1>
284
285Configure external processing of P2P service requests: 0 (default) =
286no external processing of requests (i.e., internal code will process
287each request based on pre-configured services), 1 = external
288processing of requests (external program is responsible for replying
289to service discovery requests with p2p_serv_disc_resp). Please note
290that there is quite strict limit on how quickly the response needs to
291be transmitted, so use of the internal processing is strongly
292recommended.
293
294p2p_service_add bonjour <query hexdump> <RDATA hexdump>
295
296Add a local Bonjour service for internal SD query processing.
297
298Examples:
299
300# AFP Over TCP (PTR)
301p2p_service_add bonjour 0b5f6166706f766572746370c00c000c01 074578616d706c65c027
302# AFP Over TCP (TXT) (RDATA=null)
303p2p_service_add bonjour 076578616d706c650b5f6166706f766572746370c00c001001 00
304
305# IP Printing over TCP (PTR) (RDATA=MyPrinter._ipp._tcp.local.)
306p2p_service_add bonjour 045f697070c00c000c01 094d795072696e746572c027
307# IP Printing over TCP (TXT) (RDATA=txtvers=1,pdl=application/postscript)
308p2p_service_add bonjour 096d797072696e746572045f697070c00c001001 09747874766572733d311a70646c3d6170706c69636174696f6e2f706f7374736372797074
309
310# Supported Service Type Hash (SSTH)
311p2p_service_add bonjour 000000 <32-byte bitfield as hexdump>
312(note: see P2P spec Annex E.4 for information on how to construct the bitfield)
313
314p2p_service_del bonjour <query hexdump>
315
316Remove a local Bonjour service from internal SD query processing.
317
318p2p_service_add upnp <version hex> <service>
319
320Add a local UPnP service for internal SD query processing.
321
322Examples:
323
324p2p_service_add upnp 10 uuid:6859dede-8574-59ab-9332-123456789012::upnp:rootdevice
325p2p_service_add upnp 10 uuid:5566d33e-9774-09ab-4822-333456785632::upnp:rootdevice
326p2p_service_add upnp 10 uuid:1122de4e-8574-59ab-9322-333456789044::urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:2
327p2p_service_add upnp 10 uuid:5566d33e-9774-09ab-4822-333456785632::urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:ContentDirectory:2
328p2p_service_add upnp 10 uuid:6859dede-8574-59ab-9332-123456789012::urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1
329
330p2p_service_del upnp <version hex> <service>
331
332Remove a local UPnP service from internal SD query processing.
333
334p2p_service_flush
335
336Remove all local services from internal SD query processing.
337
338Invitation
339
340p2p_invite [persistent=<network id>|group=<group ifname>] [peer=address]
341 [go_dev_addr=address]
342
343Invite a peer to join a group (e.g., group=wlan1) or to reinvoke a
344persistent group (e.g., persistent=4). If the peer device is the GO of
781d8e0f 345the persistent group, the peer parameter is not needed. Otherwise it is
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346used to specify which device to invite. go_dev_addr parameter can be
347used to override the GO device address for Invitation Request should
348it be not known for some reason (this should not be needed in most
349cases).
350
351Group Operations
352
353(These are used on the group interface.)
354
355wps_pin <any|address> <PIN>
356
357Start WPS PIN method. This allows a single WPS Enrollee to connect to
358the AP/GO. This is used on the GO when a P2P client joins an existing
359group. The second parameter is the address of the Enrollee or a string
360"any" to allow any station to use the entered PIN (which will restrict
361the PIN for one-time-use). PIN is the Enrollee PIN read either from a
362label or display on the P2P Client/WPS Enrollee.
363
364wps_pbc
365
366Start WPS PBC method (i.e., push the button). This allows a single WPS
367Enrollee to connect to the AP/GO. This is used on the GO when a P2P
368client joins an existing group.
369
370p2p_get_passphrase
371
372Get the passphrase for a group (only available when acting as a GO).
373
374p2p_presence_req [<duration> <interval>] [<duration> <interval>]
375
376Send a P2P Presence Request to the GO (this is only available when
377acting as a P2P client). If no duration/interval pairs are given, the
378request indicates that this client has no special needs for GO
379presence. the first parameter pair gives the preferred duration and
380interval values in microseconds. If the second pair is included, that
381indicates which value would be acceptable.
382
383Parameters
384
385p2p_ext_listen [<period> <interval>]
386
387Configure Extended Listen Timing. If the parameters are omitted, this
388feature is disabled. If the parameters are included, Listen State will
389be entered every interval msec for at least period msec. Both values
390have acceptable range of 1-65535 (with interval obviously having to be
391larger than or equal to duration). If the P2P module is not idle at
392the time the Extended Listen Timing timeout occurs, the Listen State
393operation will be skipped.
394
395The configured values will also be advertised to other P2P Devices. The
396received values are available in the p2p_peer command output:
397
398ext_listen_period=100 ext_listen_interval=5000
399
400p2p_set <field> <value>
401
402Change dynamic P2P parameters
403
404p2p_set discoverability <0/1>
405
406Disable/enable advertisement of client discoverability. This is
407enabled by default and this parameter is mainly used to allow testing
408of device discoverability.
409
410p2p_set managed <0/1>
411
412Disable/enable managed P2P Device operations. This is disabled by
413default.
414
415p2p_set listen_channel <1/6/11>
416
417Set P2P Listen channel. This is mainly meant for testing purposes and
418changing the Listen channel during normal operations can result in
419protocol failures.
420
421p2p_set ssid_postfix <postfix>
422
423Set postfix string to be added to the automatically generated P2P SSID
424(DIRECT-<two random characters>). For example, postfix of "-testing"
425could result in the SSID becoming DIRECT-ab-testing.
426
427set <field> <value>
428
429Set global configuration parameters which may also affect P2P
430operations. The format on these parameters is same as is used in
431wpa_supplicant.conf. Only the parameters listen here should be
432changed. Modifying other parameters may result in incorrect behavior
433since not all existing users of the parameters are updated.
434
435set uuid <UUID>
436
437Set WPS UUID (by default, this is generated based on the MAC address).
438
439set device_name <device name>
440
441Set WPS Device Name (also included in some P2P messages).
442
443set manufacturer <manufacturer>
444
445Set WPS Manufacturer.
446
447set model_name <model name>
448
449Set WPS Model Name.
450
451set model_number <model number>
452
453Set WPS Model Number.
454
455set serial_number <serial number>
456
457Set WPS Serial Number.
458
459set device_type <device type>
460
461Set WPS Device Type.
462
463set os_version <OS version>
464
465Set WPS OS Version.
466
467set config_methods <config methods>
468
469Set WPS Configuration Methods.
470
471set sec_device_type <device type>
472
473Add a new Secondary Device Type.
474
475set p2p_go_intent <GO intent>
476
477Set the default P2P GO Intent. Note: This value can be overridden in
478p2p_connect command and as such, there should be no need to change the
479default value here during normal operations.
480
481set p2p_ssid_postfix <P2P SSID postfix>
482
483Set P2P SSID postfix.
484
485set persistent_reconnect <0/1>
486
487Disable/enabled persistent reconnect for reinvocation of persistent
488groups. If enabled, invitations to reinvoke a persistent group will be
489accepted without separate authorization (e.g., user interaction).
490
491set country <two character country code>
492
493Set country code (this is included in some P2P messages).
494
495Status
496
497p2p_peers [discovered]
498
499List P2P Device Addresses of all the P2P peers we know. The optional
500"discovered" parameter filters out the peers that we have not fully
501discovered, i.e., which we have only seen in a received Probe Request
502frame.
503
504p2p_peer <P2P Device Address>
505
506Fetch information about a known P2P peer.
507
508Group Status
509
510(These are used on the group interface.)
511
512status
513
514Show status information (connection state, role, use encryption
515parameters, IP address, etc.).
516
517sta
518
519Show information about an associated station (when acting in AP/GO role).
520
521all_sta
522
523Lists the currently associated stations.
524
525Configuration data
526
527list_networks
528
529Lists the configured networks, including stored information for
530persistent groups. The identifier in this list is used with
531p2p_group_add and p2p_invite to indicate which persistent group is to
532be reinvoked.
533
534remove_network <network id>
535
536Remove a network entry from configuration.
537
538
539wpa_cli action script
540---------------------
541
542See examples/p2p-action.sh
543
544TODO: describe DHCP/DNS setup
545TODO: cross-connection