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Raspberry Pi - Ubuntu 16.04 Mate - Wifi automatic connection and static IP in terminal
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README.md

Notes on how to configure your Raspberry Pi Wifi connection using Network Manager in terminal

Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 Mate armhf installed on RPi 3. nmcli tool, version 1.2.2

TL;DR

  1. Show available wifi:
$ nmcli dev wifi

*  SSID                MODE   CHAN  RATE       SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY    
*  myconnection        Infra  6     54 Mbit/s  91      ▂▄▆█  WPA2
  1. Connect to a wifi (and create a new network connection)
$ sudo nmcli dev wifi con "myconnection" password "mypassword" name "myconnection"
  1. Setup manual static IP and automatic connection :
$ sudo nmcli con edit "myconnection"

===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===
...

nmcli> set ipv4.method manual
nmcli> set ipv4.addr 192.168.43.5/24, 192.168.43.7/24, 192.168.43.55/24
nmcli> set ipv4.gateway 192.168.43.1
nmcli> set ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
nmcli> set connection.autoconnect yes
nmcli> save persistent
nmcli> quit

$ sudo service network-manager restart

$ ifconfig

About

As I understand there are at least two possibilities to achieve to our goal:

  • with /etc/network/interfaces and a related service networking
  • with Network-Manager and using nmcli [2] [3]

Above the second method is described. If you want to proceed with /etc/network/interfaces then read [1] and google. And if you have an access to a monitor, than see [4].

References:

[1] Network Configuration in CommandLine

[2] Configure using NetworkManager

[3] NMCLI manual

[4] How to set up static IP address and why

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Create_a_hotspot.md 
sudo nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname wlan0 con-name "my-hotspot" ssid "my-hotspot" password "My HotsPoT Strong Password"

More info here

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troubleshooting.md
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