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From the shell terminal, use the `wpa_cli` command line tool and specify the network interface device with -g | |||
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wpa_cli -g /run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0 | wpa_cli -g /run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0 | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 1 June 2018
Can be enabled on NixOS with networking.wireless.enable = true.
By default `wpa_supplicant` will read its configuration from /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Wpa_supplicant_gui
To be able to use wpa_gui as user put the following in your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
Also your user must be part of the wheel group (replace USER with your username):
users.extraUsers.USER.extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
Switching Network
From the shell terminal, use the `wpa_cli` command line tool and specify the network interface device with -g
wpa_cli -g /run/wpa_supplicant/wlp3s0
list_network
select_network 2