How to Enable Wireless Lan in Ubuntu
This page contains a set of bash commands that will enable a wireless interface on ubuntu 11.10. List all network interfaces with wireless...
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This page contains a set of bash commands that will enable a wireless interface on ubuntu 11.10.
List all network interfaces with wireless extensions
Enable wlan0 interface
Scan for available access point
Know the hex equivalent of the wifi password
Which will output:
Edit network interfaces config and add wlan0
Using DHCP
Using Static IP
Restart networking service
List all modules and look for your wireless card
To enable wireless module upon boot time, edit /etc/default/grub file to look like something below:
List all network interfaces with wireless extensions
sudo iwconfig
Enable wlan0 interface
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
Scan for available access point
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
Know the hex equivalent of the wifi password
wpa_passphrase MY-WIFI xyz1234
Which will output:
network={ ssid="MY-WIFI" #psk="xyz1234" psk=abcdefghijkl12345678 }Take note of the psk
Edit network interfaces config and add wlan0
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
Using DHCP
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid MY-WIFI wpa-psk abcdefghijkl12345678
Using Static IP
auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 address 192.168.0.10 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 wpa-driver wext wpa-ssid MY-WIFI wpa-ap-scan 1 wpa-proto RSN wpa-pairwise CCMP wpa-group CCMP wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-psk abcdefghijkl12345678
Restart networking service
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
List all modules and look for your wireless card
lsmod
To enable wireless module upon boot time, edit /etc/default/grub file to look like something below:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="insmod rt1234ef"
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