interfaces-wifi - WiFi vocabulary for the interfaces(5) file format
Wi-Fi (the IEEE 802.11 family of protocols) is a commonly used wireless networking standard. The following options allow for configuration of Wi-Fi client interfaces.
WPA-secured networks are managed using wpa_supplicant(8), while insecure networks are managed directly with iwconfig(8).
wifi-config-path path
Denotes the absolute path to a wpa_supplicant configuration file. If no path is given, /run/wpa_supplicant.<interface>.conf will be used for a temporary configuration file. This option may not be used with other configuration options.
wifi-ssid ssid
The SSID the Wi-Fi client should connect to.
wifi-psk psk
The passphrase for connecting to the Wi-Fi network. If unset, the client will connect without WPA2 encryption.
A typical setup may involve connecting to a home and work network. To achieve this, we can define a pair of virtual interfaces called wifi-home and wifi-work, which connect to their respective wifi networks:
iface wifi-home
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use dhcp | ||
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wifi-ssid HomeNetwork | ||
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wifi-psk ExamplePassphrase |
iface wifi-work
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use dhcp | |
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wifi-config-path /etc/network/wpa-work.conf |
The virtual interfaces can be used with ifup and ifdown:
# ifup
wlan0=wifi-home
# ifdown wlan0
# ifup wlan0=wifi-work
iwconfig(8)
wpa_supplicant(8)
Ariadne Conill <[email protected]>