Linux/Wifi: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:09, 12 February 2018

lshw -class network

ifconfig -a

iwconfig

ifconfig wlan0 up

iwlist wlan0 channel

iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep Frequency | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

iw reg get

iw reg set DE

sudo apt install wpasupplicant

network={
    ssid="xxxSSIDxxx"
    psk="xxxPASSWORDxxx"
}

ifconfig wlan0 up

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -D wext
# add -B for background

dhclient wlan0

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
      wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

rfkill list all

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 <pre>
 ifconfig wlan0 up
+</pre>
+</blockquote>
+* show supported channels
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+iwlist wlan0 channel
 </pre>
 </blockquote>
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 <pre>
 iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID
+</pre>
+</blockquote>
+* scan and show channel usage
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep Frequency | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
 </pre>
 </blockquote>
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 <pre>
 dhclient wlan0
-# add -B for background
+</pre>
+</blockquote>
+* /etc/network/interfaces
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+allow-hotplug wlan0
+iface wlan0 inet dhcp
+      wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
 </pre>
 </blockquote>