mayfrost-guides/WIFI.md

WiFi

Use WiFi without a separate network manager with this simple guide. Needs "dhcpcd" (or "dhcpclient"), "wpa_supplicant", "iproute2" and wifi firmware (like "iwlwifi").

• Create the configuration file (as "root", not "sudo"):
  wpa_passphrase <NETWORK_NAME> <PASSWORD> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

• Delete non hashed password from /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

• Each time you need to connect type the following command (as "root" or with "sudo"):
  ip link set wlan0 down
ip link set wlan0 up
wpa_supplicant -B -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
dhcpcd wlan0

You can save the last step in a script.

• Note: The name of a network is also called "SSID".