Setting up Wifi with the Command Line on Raspberry Pi
Setting up WiFi in Occidentalis, is also pretty straight forward. You just need to add the name of your wireless network (its SSID) and your password to a configuration file.
Step 1.
Boot the Raspberry Pi without the WiFi adapter plugged in.
Step 2.
Open a Terminal session by clicking on the LXTerminal icon, and enter the following command into it:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
Then
- auto lo
- iface lo inet loopback
- iface eth0 inet dhcp
- allow-hotplug wlan0
- auto wlan0
- iface wlan0 inet dhcp
- wpa-ssid "ssid"
- wpa-psk "password"
If you are using a 'hidden' SSID, try the following code:
- auto lo
- iface lo inet loopback
- iface eth0 inet dhcp
- auto wlan0
- allow-hotplug wlan0
- iface wlan0 inet dhcp
- wpa-scan-ssid 1
- wpa-ap-scan 1
- wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
- wpa-proto RSN WPA
- wpa-pairwise CCMP TKIP
- wpa-group CCMP TKIP
- wpa-ssid "My Secret SSID"
- wpa-psk "My SSID PSK"
- iface default inet dhcp
Step 3.
This opens an editor screen of the wifi configuration file you need to change.
Step 4.
When you have finished press [ctrl]x. This will ask if you want to save the modified files.
Step 5.
Shut down your Raspberry Pi, plug the WiFi adapter in and start it up again. You should find that the Raspberry Pi connects using the WiFi adapter as it boots up.
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