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setup_wifi_from_command_line_console [2017/01/07 16:01] – walkeradminsetup_wifi_from_command_line_console [2023/03/09 22:35] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Setup WiFi from Command Line Console ====== ====== Setup WiFi from Command Line Console ======
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 Setting up WiFi from the GUI of Raspbian is easy, just click the wifi button on the top right, select your SSID, enter your details and away you go. Setting up WiFi from the GUI of Raspbian is easy, just click the wifi button on the top right, select your SSID, enter your details and away you go.
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 ==== Before you start ==== ==== Before you start ====
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           RX bytes:216207 (211.1 KiB)  TX bytes:24862 (24.2 KiB)           RX bytes:216207 (211.1 KiB)  TX bytes:24862 (24.2 KiB)
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 Enter HWaddr (d5:6b:b0:99:46:86 in this example) in to your router. Enter HWaddr (d5:6b:b0:99:46:86 in this example) in to your router.
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     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
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 If you have more than one SSID close by, then you could get quite a list. so you can use the following to work out what information you need. If you have more than one SSID close by, then you could get quite a list. so you can use the following to work out what information you need.
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     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan |more     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan |more
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     This will allow you to scroll through the pages of information you might get     This will allow you to scroll through the pages of information you might get
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     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan |grep SSID     sudo iwlist wlan0 scan |grep SSID
          
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 To add your details to Raspbian, use the following: To add your details to Raspbian, use the following:
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     sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf     sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
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 You will see a fairly empty file (assuming no one has edited this before) You will see a fairly empty file (assuming no one has edited this before)
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 <file> <file>
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 update_config=1 update_config=1
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 At the end of this file, add the following lines. At the end of this file, add the following lines.
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 <file> <file>
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     ssid="Home"     ssid="Home"
     psk="0123456789"     psk="0123456789"
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 Save the file, reboot the Pi and Voila! Save the file, reboot the Pi and Voila!
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