Wi-Fi

  1. Open Wi-Fi Settings

Wi-Fi settings are in the upper-right corner, click on the lower triangle to see the Wi-Fi settings options.

  1. Select Network

Choose a Wi-Fi network that you want to connect to.

  1. Enter Password

After entering the password, you can use Wi-Fi normally.

Ubuntu/Debian servers can use NetworkManager to setup Wi-Fi via command line.

  1. Scan for Wi-Fi Networks:
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$ nmcli d wifi list
IN-USE  SSID                          MODE   CHAN  RATE        SIGNAL  BARS  SEC
        VIM                           Infra  2     195 Mbit/s  92      ▂▄▆█  WPA
        Wesion                        Infra  7     260 Mbit/s  84      ▂▄▆█  WPA
        VIM_5G                        Infra  161   405 Mbit/s  84      ▂▄▆█  WPA
        HP-HOTSPOT-48-LaserJet M1218  Infra  7     54 Mbit/s   69      ▂▄▆_  WPA
        ChinaNet-xjCH                 Infra  13    270 Mbit/s  67      ▂▄▆_  WPA
        BRGCN_GUEST                   Infra  1     405 Mbit/s  64      ▂▄▆_  WPA
        BRGCN                         Infra  1     405 Mbit/s  62      ▂▄▆_  WPA

Find a Wi-Fi network that you can connect to.

  1. Create a hashed pre-computed PSK-key with wpa_passphrase:

To avoid storing plain-text passwords, there is an handy tool called wpa_passphrase that comes with wpa_supplicant.

Input the command wpa_passphrase your_ssid your_password to create a 256-bit PSK passphrase from your_ssid and your_password.

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khadas@Khadas:~$ wpa_passphrase your_ssid your_password
network={
  ssid="your_ssid"
  #psk="your_password"
  psk=6d5324610d3627ab4f97b80cf22b742996d82c022b283a874e88d083a299734c
}

The new password is now a hashed passphrase: 6d5324610d3627ab4f97b80cf22b742996d82c022b283a874e88d083a299734c

Tips

Replace the your_ssid & your_password with your SSID and password.

  1. Connect to a Wi-Fi Network:
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$ sudo nmcli d wifi connect your_ssid password 6d5324610d3627ab4f97b80cf22b742996d82c022b283a874e88d083a299734c wep-key-type key
Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with '206ab399-3822-4652-ba4c-64847af0bce9'.
Tips

Replace your_ssid and 6d5324610d3627ab4f97b80cf22b742996d82c022b283a874e88d083a299734c with your SSID and passphrase.

  1. Disconnect from a Wi-Fi Network:
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$ sudo nmcli d disconnect wlan0
Device 'wlan0' successfully disconnected.