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 > -- "I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development. Mel Martinez from the state of Florida." - George W. Bush 12/20/2000 Washington, DC
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