Comments on: Connect to a wireless network via command line

By: Linux Networking | Pearltrees

Linux Networking | Pearltrees — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:58:54 +0000

[...] Tags: ifconfig , iwconfig , iwlist , Linux , wireless networking Connect to a wireless network via command line [...]

By: Mint is eager and stubborn :)

Mint is eager and stubborn :) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:21:41 +0000

[...] wireless adapters fairly well. Here is a basic guide to setting up wireless via the command line. http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/14/con…-command-line/ And here is a more detailed guide to the same. [...]

By: that one guy

that one guy — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:13:52 +0000

So, just taking a look at this and going off of experience….this script shouldn’t work in this example. Correct me if I’m wrong, but iwconfig can only authenticate an interface using open or WEP encryption. I believe you’d need to modify wpa_supplicant.conf to contain the relevant data for your network (essid, encryption/key) and then use wpa_supplicant to authenticate…

By: can't access my network in new Debian Live installation

can't access my network in new Debian Live installation — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:01:20 +0000

[...] access the network. Ifconfig, iwlist, iwconfig, dhclient. After some Googling I found this website http://www.ghacks.net/2009/04/14/con…-command-line/, went back to the new Debian installation, and tried the commands. "Ifconfig wlan0 up" [...]

By: viv

viv — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:43:19 +0000

Do you also know how to enable Ad-hoc wireless on HP TouchPad?

There is workaround all over precentral.net but that is not a solutiion.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:57:13 +0000

oh, yeah, it also says: “wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801″

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:56:11 +0000

for me this shows text that indicates that its trying to connect:

after 5 trys it times out and says:

“No DHCOFFERS received”
“No working leases in persistent database – sleeping”j

???

Any suggestions on how to connect to my wireless router?

Thanks!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:52:11 +0000

After I type ‘dhclient wlan0′ I get some text and it looks like its trying to connect, but isn”t working. It says “DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3″ and this text repeats every few seconds with a different interval number. After 5 times, it says “No DHCPOFFERS received” and “No working leases in persistent database – sleeping”.

Any suggestions how to connect to the wireless router?

Thanks!

By: Polonium

Polonium — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:54:31 +0000

Hi!
Excellent guide. I tried to do the final iwconfig, but the result is iwconfig: unknown command (my Essie). I tried using the s: prefix as well. What is wrong?

By: Getting Belkin F5D-7000 PCI card to work in OpenSUSE 11.4...need help!

Getting Belkin F5D-7000 PCI card to work in OpenSUSE 11.4...need help! — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:50:26 +0000

[...] the wireless card. I tried connecting to my home network by following the instructions found here: Connect to a wireless network via command line , using the command: [...]

By: Avinash

Avinash — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:34:48 +0000

Thx bro.. this worked for me..

By: muoiba

muoiba — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:07:50 +0000

step iwlist wlan0 scan
mycomputer result :

Cell 01 – Address: 00:21:43:4E:9B:F0
ESSID:”HAIR STROBEL”
Mode:Master
Channel:5
Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
Quality=100/100? Signal level:-45 dBm? Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

Would you please explain to me?

Thank you .

Best regards
battran

By: Plasma Desktop Crashes

Plasma Desktop Crashes — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:43:27 +0000

[...] I'm making progress! This ghacks article gives instructions on connecting to wireless via CLI Connect to a wireless network via command line Even though the last command outputted [...]

By: Cómo conectarse a una red wifi usando el terminal | Command Line

Cómo conectarse a una red wifi usando el terminal | Command Line — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:10:16 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:10:48 +0000

Oops! I had installed wireless tools, but…… not on this machine! Hence the ‘…not found’.

By: DaVince

DaVince — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:21:09 +0000

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html

Took me 30 seconds to find. Seriously…

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:14:00 +0000

* iwlist: List the available wireless access points.
* iwconfig: Configure your wireless connection

Sounds great! Where do I find these?

S50:/home/chris# iwlist
bash: iwlist: command not found
S50:/home/chris# iwconfig
bash: iwconfig: command not found
.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:59:55 +0000

how to find wifi devive module name

By: root9885

root9885 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:21:51 +0000

root@ubtplug:~# iwlist wlan1 scan
wlan1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 – Address: 1C:AF:F7:1A:75:C4
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=55/70 Signal level=-55 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:”dlink”
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
18 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000002c718a153
Extra: Last beacon: 476ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0005646C696E6B
IE: Unknown: 010882848B961224486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C183060
IE: Unknown: 2D1AEE1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606070700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 3E0100
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
IE: Unknown: 0B05020084127A
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD07000C4304000000
IE: Unknown: 0706474220010D10
IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C33EE1117FF000000010000000000000000000000000C0000000000
IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C3406070700000000000000000000000000000000000000

By: root9885

root9885 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:19:37 +0000

root@ubtplug:~# iwconfig wlan1 essid dlink key s:2208tzzgist
Error for wireless request “Set Encode” (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan1 ; Invalid argument.

how to get it?