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Debian based wireless with WPA/WPA2 from CLI
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wpa_wlan.sh
#!/bin/bash
# One time only, to create wpa.conf:
# wpa_passphrase ESSID secret > wpa.conf
# su to root, or use sudo for following commands
su
# Bring the wlan interface up
ifconfig wlan0 up
# Start wpa_supplicant. If n180211 driver doesn't
# work for you try the other ones (man wpa_supplicant)
sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -c./wpa.conf
# Release old lease just in case (restart dhclient)
dhclient -r
# Obtain new lease
dhclient wlan0
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