> 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 [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
