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From: Alex Samad on 26 Feb 2010 13:50
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:42:12AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
> > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does
> > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently
> > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start
> > X I would prefer to manage wifi connections through the cli.
>
> > I believe I have to use wpasupplicant. Can someone point me to a howto
> > that gives me a few examples of the wpasupplicant config and interfacing
> > it with /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> > I would like my setup to automatically connect to open networks. It
> > should connect to the one with the strongest signal. If that fails then
> > it should connect to any wpa networks if they are in range. I would like
> > some examples, so I can learn how to tweak the config quickly.
>
>
> For WPA2, I use these /e/n/i settings
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> wpa-driver wext
> wpa-ssid <ssid>
> wpa-psk <key>
>
> You can add these but I don't
> wpa-ap-scan [1¦2]
> wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
> wpa-proto RSN
> wpa-pairwise CCMP
> wpa-group CCMP
>

I use wpasupplicant through /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
there are examples in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/

the key thing here is to tag a network definition with an id_str which
is used in /e/n/i

I think the one you are after is
/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/wpa-roam.conf

>

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From: Andrei Popescu on 26 Feb 2010 13:50
On Fri,26.Feb.10, 08:47:46, Rob Owens wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does
> > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently
> > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start
> > X I would prefer to manage wifi connections through the cli.
> >
> There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though.

I have. The UI is not the best, but it works.

Regards,
Andrei
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From: Daniel Dalton on 26 Feb 2010 20:50
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 05:43:52AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote:
> there are examples in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples/

Ah yes, and the readme proved very useful. I've got it all working with
wpa_supplicant now. It works well on my home net, so lets hope it
connects to open wifi:) I'm very confident it will as I'm using roaming
mode.

I did try wicd-curses, but as I'm blind it didn't seem to work great
with speakup. It was manageable, but wpa_supplicant works far better for
me.

Thanks for everyone's help!

Cheers,
Dan
From: green on 27 Feb 2010 00:10
Daniel Dalton wrote at 2010-02-26 18:43 -0700:
> I did try wicd-curses, but as I'm blind it didn't seem to work great with
> speakup.

I have wicd version 1.7.0-3; it includes wicd-cli which might work well for
you. For example, the following command will list wireless networks:
wicd-cli -ly
From: green on 27 Feb 2010 00:20
green wrote at 2010-02-26 22:06 -0700:
> I have wicd version 1.7.0-3; it includes wicd-cli which might work well for
> you.

Actually, wicd-cli is packaged separately.
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