Network Connections via WPA Supplicant

WPA_Supplicant¶

Usage Syntax

# Connect to wireless network via CLI
sudo wpa_supplicant -i <wlan_interface> -c wifi-client.conf

# Renew DHCP after connecting to network
sudo dhclient <wlan_interface>

Network Configuration Files¶

WPA2-PSK Configuration¶

# wifi-client.conf
network={
  scan_ssid=1
  ssid="<ssid>"
  psk="<passphrase>"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

WPA2-MGT Configuration¶

# wifi-client.conf
network={
  ssid="<ssid>"
  identity="<domain>\<user>"
  password="<passphrase>"
  scan_ssid=1
  eap=PEAP
  key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
  phase1="peaplabel=0"
  phase2="MSCHAPV2"
}

WEP Configuration¶

# wifi-client.conf
network={
  ssid="<ssid>"
  scan_ssid=1
  key_mgmt=NONE
  wep_tx_keyidx=0
  wep_key0=<network_key>
}