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Situation:

I have a server with Ubuntu Server 16.04 operating system. I need to connect it to the wifi network using usb wifi adapter.

When I plug in usb wifi adapter and run ifconfig -a I can see this information:

wlx000e0008833e Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0e:00:08:83:3e  
                BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
                RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Wifi configuration:

  • network name (ssid): developer-modem
  • password: qwer
  • security: WPA/WPA2
  • IPv4 address: 192.168.0.109

Questions:

How to configure wifi connection in Ubuntu Server 16.04 (from terminal)?

Thanks for the help

Max Mikhalchuk
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To configure the wireless networks from the terminal you can use (nmcli)

sudo nmcli --help

man nmcli

You can also use (nm)

sudo nm-connection-editor --help

Goodluck

  • nmcli and nm-connection-editor actually worked for Ubuntu Desktop 16.04. But there is an issue using them on Ubuntu Server 16.4, cause these commands are not installed automatically. Is there any pre-installed command that works on Ubuntu Server 16.04? – Max Mikhalchuk Aug 03 '18 at 12:53
  • i didn't use Server OS before always im using workstation, Check here for more details https://askubuntu.com/questions/461825/how-to-connect-to-wifi-from-the-command-line –  Aug 04 '18 at 01:32