wireless setup

preparations

check if wlan0 is powered up

list available networks with iwlist

generate config block for SSID with wpa_passphrase

wpa_passphrase computes a 256-bit PSK and generates a configuration block for the network with the SSID (Service Set Identifier) or ESSID (Extended Service Set Identifier) provided as parameter. For an access point with the SSID base, the command line is:

results in file /etc/wpa_supplicant/base.lan.conf with content:

The line with #psk="<passphrase>" should be deleted from the config file.

connect to access point with wpa_supplicant

Parameter -B causes the daemon to run in background. Specific drivers can be set with -D, i.e. -D wext.