Hello, On Sat, 27 May 2017, Matthew Donnelly wrote: > I have been browsing through The Debian Administrator's Handbook and noticed > that there is no section describing how to configure wireless from the command > line. This was a major struggle when I first used Debian, and I would like to > write a section (probably in 8.2 of the handbook) illustrating how to do this. > Any help related to how I should create and submit the patch is welcomed.
The sources of the book are available in a git repository: $ git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-handbook/debian-handbook.git You can then edit with the docbook files with a plain text editor: $ vim debian-handbook/en-US/08_basic-configuration.xml And send me your patch (generated with "git diff" for example). That said, I can take of this with a small extension to the explanation about ifupdown: <para> For wireless interfaces, you must have the <emphasis role="pkg">wpasupplicant</emphasis> package, which provides many <literal>wpa-*</literal> options that can be used in <filename>/etc/network/interfaces</filename>. Have a look at <filename>/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz</filename> for examples and explanations. The most common options are <literal>wpa-ssid</literal> (which defines the name of the wireless network to join) and <literal>wpa-psk</literal> (which defines the passphrase or the key protecting the network). </para> <programlisting> iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid MyNetWork wpa-psk plaintextsecret </programlisting> Were you looking for more than that? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/
