Connecting to wireless from the command line?

[Guest]

Hey, I've got what I think is a pretty simple question.

What do I need to do to connect to wireless networks from the command line? In other distros I've just need to tpye

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid ServiceSetIdentifier
dhclient wlan0

When I use iwconfig after entering in the essid, it shows me that I'm not connect to a router and that I don't have an ipv6 address. Is there some other step I need to take to connect?
I should state I don't need new drivers, it is an atheros chip set and I can connect with the GUI tool just fine. I just prefer to use the command line.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Connecting to wireless from the command line?

I think unless your wireless is set up in /etc/network/interfaces you'll have to type more at the CLI.

Knetworkmanager and wicd keep their settings elsewhere...

[GreyGeek]

Re: Connecting to wireless from the command line?

Being able to set up the wireless from the command line is one reason why I switched to wicd. There are at least FIVE wicd files in the repository. One of them is wicd-curses. Run it and you have a console based gui that you can use to scan for wireless and connect to which ever you want essentially using the same technique as the graphical wicd connection manager.

[oshunluvr]

Re: Connecting to wireless from the command line?

Nice tip GG!

[GreyGeek]

Re: Connecting to wireless from the command line?

It's a nice feature of wicd! 8)