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--- hack_wireless_connect [2020/05/03 19:35] – [wconfig] gman
+++ hack_wireless_connect [2020/05/31 17:45] (current) – [CLI] gman
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-====== CLI ======
+====== Wireless: Connect ======
+===== CLI =====
 ^  command  ^  description  ^
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-===== wconfig =====
+===== Debian How-To =====
+[[https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Command_Line|]]
+----
+===== iwconfig =====
 Configure a wireless network (like ''ifconfig'' for wireless)
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-===== Using ifupdown =====
+===== ifconfig + ifupdown (best) =====
 [1] Bring your wireless network up (assuming interface name is wlan0):
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 </code>
-[3] Find the one you want and put its configs in a file under /etc/network/
+[3] Find the one you want and put its [[general_network#examples|configs]] in a file under /etc/network/
-[4] Down/Up the wireless network
+[4] Down the wireless interface and bring it up with you config file
 <code>
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 </code>
-===== Using ifconfig =====
+----
+===== ifconfig + iwconfig =====
 Simplied (three commands to get wireless up and running; assuming interface name is wlan0):
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 systemctl start networking.service
 systemctl restart networking.service  # same as above two, combo
+</code>
+If that doesn't work:
+<code>
+service network-manager restart
 </code>
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