iwconfig - connect to wifi

Asked Sep 05 '17 at 21:57

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I am trying to connect to wifi using terminal without any result.

My ESSID is "HOME", this is what I wrote into the terminal:

sudo iwconfig wlp2s0 essid "HOME" key s:MYPASSWORDHERE
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : SET failed on device wlp2s0; Invalid argument."

So I tried to connect to an open wifi (my smartphone hotspot) using :

sudo iwconfig wlps0 essid "My ASUS"

(my android hotspot has no password) without any result or any sort of output...

PS: The same things work very well using GUI, I can connect to HOME (inserting password) and to "My ASUS" without password, as it should be.

edited Sep 05 '17 at 22:03

asked Sep 05 '17 at 21:57

lbat

"without any result or any sort of output..." I believe the next step is to ask the access point for an IP address: sudo dhclient wlp2s0 – chili555 Sep 05 '17 at 22:20
nothing is happening..I wrote that but the console is "stuck" and I have to cancel using ctrl+c.. – lbat Sep 05 '17 at 22:32
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AFAIK iwconfig still only supports WEP (which I hope you are not using) - see How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal? for a comprehensive answer – steeldriver Sep 05 '17 at 22:39
no ahah I am using WPA2, I am going to see your link, thank you very much! – lbat Sep 05 '17 at 22:49

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