Wpa supplicant

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Example

• [Recommended] Using wireless LAN with wpa_supplicant ( WPAPSK wireless security / AES encryption )

Find connectable SSIDs using iwlist.

$ iwlist wlan0 scanning

If it is a Hidden SSID, add the name as shown below.

$ iwlist wlan0 scanning essid 'ssid_name'

Generate a PSK key using wpa_passphrase.

$ wpa_passphrase ssid_name > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Connect to the router whose SSID is ssid_name:

$ iwconfig wlan0 essid "ssid_name"
$ wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf &

Tools

• netctl
• iw
• iwconfig
• ifconfig
• wpa_passphrase
• wpa_supplicant
• wifi-menu
• iwlist

Favorite site

• wpa_supplicant - ArchWiki
• wpa_supplicant(8) — Arch manual pages