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From: Daniel Dalton on 26 Feb 2010 08:30 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. 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. Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm using the asus eeepc 1008ha and debian squeeze if that matters. Cheers, Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100226132439.GA15291(a)debian-eeepc
From: Tom H on 26 Feb 2010 08:50 > 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6d4219cc1002260542s1f2bef6fpef0d8b8ce11e337b(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Rob Owens on 26 Feb 2010 08:50 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. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100226134745.GA28018(a)aurora.owens.net
From: Omar Campagne on 26 Feb 2010 09:20 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. wicd has a curses interface that you may find helpful. On the other hand, I connect via shell with ifconfig, iwconfig (to set the interface) and dhcpcd. Briefly... ifconfig (interface) down iwconfig (interface) essid (X) key (key) ifconfig (interface) up dhcpcd (interface). with differences regarding the type of connection. You can create a root script, one per profile/connection, running this commands. Read the man pages, it's easy. It's a pity Archlinux's wireless tools are not available in Debian, as they are great cli-tools. > 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. Never touched it (only on buggy hardy heron). I think wpasupplicant is activated through dhcpcd (not sure). And I never really liked the interfaces file. My problem. > 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. Dunno. > Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm using the asus eeepc 1008ha and > debian squeeze if that matters. > Cheers, > Dan -- Omar Campagne Polaino vim-doc-es: <http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/vim-doc-es> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100226141316.GA10129(a)gmail.com
From: Sebastian on 26 Feb 2010 11:40 On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > Hi Dan > 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'm using Debian Lenny with wicd. There's the command 'wicd-curses', which I believe is in it's own package (wicd-curses?) for newer versions of wicd. > 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 have no experience with using wpasupplicant so can't help you there, sorry... > 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. > can't help you with that either, sorry again > Any help is greatly appreciated. I'm using the asus eeepc 1008ha and > debian squeeze if that matters. > Hope that helps > Cheers, > Dan > Cheerio Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100226161226.GA16663(a)sebi.r00t.la
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