How to use WiFi / WLAN on EthOS

Although EthOS does not support wireless LAN out of the box, it is still possible to configure it. We expect that you already have plugged in your receiver (PCI card or USB or onboard).

At first, we need to install wpasupplicant:
sudo apt-get-ubuntu install wpasupplicant

Then we need to configure our interfaces, therefore use nano (or your preferred editor) to edit the interfaces:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Add this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa.conf

Now save the file and exit the editor. That tells EthOS to look in the /etc/wpa.conf file for the wireless network configuration. You can also choose to use any other path or filename you prefer.

So we need to edit that file /etc/wpa.conf and add our network configuration. The following is specific for WPA2 with Pre shared key auth. If your wireless network uses other standards, you will need to modify the network section.
sudo nano /etc/wpa.conf

Add this:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
crtl_interface_group=0 
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1

network = {
   ssid="_ENTER_YOUR_SSID_HERE_"
   scan_ssid=1
   proto=RSN
   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
   pairwise=CCMP
   group=CCMP
   psk="_ENTER_YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE_"
}

For more information regarding this, please refer to the wpasupplicant docs https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?wpa_supplicant.conf(5).
Now save the file and exit the editor. The following command starts a scan and will connect to the wireless network if the above configuration is correct:

sudo iwlist scanning

That's all you need to do. If it does not work at the first try, make sure the access config for your network is correct (/etc/wpa.conf). Also a reboot might help.

You can check whether it works with ifconfig. If the wlan0 adapter has got a IP, your system is reachable over the wireless network.

Good luck and have fun!

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