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lnzju

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Registered: 2006-02-20

Posts: 30

How can I get connected to wireless in cmd line?

I've a wep key，and How to connect to the wireless using cmd line ?

[nicholas@LNZJU ~]$ iwlist wlan0 scanning|more
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:E8:61:48
                    ESSID:"PT8F2"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:48/100  Signal level:-65 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:1B:11:14:47:B6
                    ESSID:"PT8F6"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:51/100  Signal level:-63 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: How can I get connected to wireless in cmd line?

I think something like this should work:

1) sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid [wireless network name]
2) sudo iwconfig wlan0 key [wepkey]
3) sudo dhcpcd wlan0

Another way is to enter the appropriate info in /etc/rc.conf [networking section] and /etc/conf.d/wireless and then you can just do "sudo /etc/rc.d/network restart".

This is all from memory so I could have messed something up...