lk/networking/wireless.md
2022-01-18 13:24:25 +01:00

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Check wifi's working

lspci -k

Or for usb wifi:

dmesg | grep usbcore

... and hopefully it'll say the new interface is registered.

Check if a wifi interface has been created

ip link

or

iw dev

Assuming it's wlan0, bring it up with

ip link set wlan0 up

Error messages probably means your wireless chipset requires a firmware to function. In this case, check the kernel messages for firmware being loaded

dmesg | grep firmware

Utilities

iw doesn't do wpa/wpa2. wpa_supplicant does everything. iwd does everything except WEXT encryption.

Connecting

Get the link status:

iw dev wlan0 link

Scan for available points:

iw dev wlan0 scan

The connecting commands do not cover wpa2.

Fucking Hell

I really need to script this. Something like:

  1. Auto-check wireless device.

  2. Auto-check scan for devices and grab names

  3. Display names

  4. Prompt for name selection (e.g. '1').

  5. Auto-connect to wireless associated with selection n.

  6. Prompt for password.

  7. Try to connect.

  8. Ask if user wants a password copy stored in /tmp/.

Connection

This is a shitshow. Focus: netctl is the Arch project to get this going.

Okay - can't be fucked. Most of this is systemd based.