Re: How to use password-protected wireless networks?
John,
I use iwconfig and iwlist (in the wireless-tools package).
`iwlist <interface> scan` will give you a list of available networks.
`iwconfig essid '<network-id>'` will connect you to a network (most of the time)
`iwconfig key AA:AA:AA:AA:AA` will set your key.
`ifconfig <interface> up` brings up the interface.
`dhclient <interface>` obviously forces it to dhcp.
That's the long and short of what I do.
regards, dave.
On 10/8/05, John O'Hagan <johnohagan@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
Hi all,
Running testing on a wireless equipped laptop, I can usually get on to any
available networks using some combination of ifupdown, ifplugd, whereami,
resolvconf, kwifimanager etc.
One situation which has stumped me, however, is when the network requires a
password (which I have, of course, been given!): how do I enter the password?
Some networks simply redirect your browser to a login page; no problem there.
And I'm not talking about encryption. It's the ones for which my Mac-using
colleagues simply enter the password into a little dialog that pops up
automatically when the network needs one.
How does the Debian user do it?
Thanks,
John
P.S. Please CC me.
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