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Hacking your WiFi via CLI

Filed in archive Tips & Tricks by Rom Feria on December 22, 2007

I accidentally found this short and concise tutorial on how to setup your wifi using the command-line interface. You may think that the GUI tool definitely makes it easier but I do not agree with you entirely. Why? Well, if you have a ultra-mobile portable computer (UMPC) like the Asus Eee PC with a very small screen, the CLI is a better alternative. Not that it does not support the GUI but the small screen makes the CLI easier.

Hacking your WiFi via CLI

Here's the summary:

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up $ iwlist wlan0 scanning $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid ACCESSPOINT $ sudo iwconfig wlan0 key PASSPHRASE $ sudo dhclient


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