Re: connecting to wireless network

Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
> Oh, dear. I'll never sucseed with this.
> I've read a guide page, and there was a lot files to edit. I read the
> page and almost got a headache.
> is there any easier way?

There are some high-level programs, like wicd-curses.
Otherwise, I can tell you that it's a problem you'll solve
once and not have to worry about ever again.

Here's a good tutorial, 8 steps, but if the gumball comes
out you can be happy! I list the steps below.

http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/

The page explains more, but this summary comes at the end.
You should probably become root for this, e.g. sudo su.

1. See what your wireless device is:

root@kali:~# iw dev

2. Assuming it is wlan0, bring up that interface:

root@kali:~# ip link set wlan0 up

3. Look for wireless access point:

root@kali:~# iw wlan0 scan

4. Put the access point and passphrase into the config file:

root@kali:~# wpa_passphrase blackMOREOps >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

5. Connect to the access point:

root@kali:~# wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

6. Check that you are connected:

root@kali:~# iw wlan0 link

7. Ask for an IP address (I added the first command, to kill
existing dhclient processes).

root@kali:~# dhclient -x
root@kali:~# dhclient wlan0

8. Check your internet connectivity:

root@kali:~# ping 8.8.8.8

9. That is usually enough, but the article provides a
command to set a default route. 

root@kali:~# ip route add default via 10.0.0.138 dev wlan0

I usually just make sure that ethernet interface is turned off:

root@kali:~# ifconfig eth0 down

Cheers, hope this helps. 

-- 
Joel Roth