How to access a wireless connection with linux command line?07.12.13

in case you have wpa_suplicant installed and already one wifi access setup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wpa_supplicant 1. find your setup network no: wpa_cli list_networks your output will be like: 45 Jonas any [DISABLED] 46 TIKI-BAR any [DISABLED] 47 VIRUS any [CURRENT] 48 DEV any 2. enable a network: enable_network VIRUS 07.12.13

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with gentoo: 1. emerge --ask net-wireless/wpa_supplicant 2. echo "update_config=1" >>/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 3. enter wpa_cli and add a network to your list wpa_cli v2.5 Copyright (c) 2004-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. See README for more details. Selected interface 'wlan0' Interactive mode > scan OK > scan_results bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid 01:23:45:67:89:ab 2437 0 [WPA-PSK-CCMP+TKIP][WPA2-PSK-CCMP+TKIP][ESS] hotel-free-wifi > add_network 0 > set_network 0 ssid "hotel-free-wifi" OK > set_network 0 psk "password" OK > enable_network 0 OK <3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS <3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE <3>Trying to associate with 01:23:45:67:89:ab (SSID='hotel-free-wifi' freq=2437 MHz) <3>Associated with 01:23:45:67:89:ab <3>WPA: Key negotiation completed with 01:23:45:67:89:ab [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP] <3>CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 01:23:45:67:89:ab completed [id=0 id_str=] > save_config OK > quit 07.12.13

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