This command seems to be kinda outdated because it only supports wep:
iwconfig wlan0 essid WIFI_NETWORK key s:WIFI_PASSWORD dhclient wlan0 I found an alternative way that supports wpa2, but it involved changing a .conf file.
I want really to connect to wifi networks just by running the script. :(
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I built a quick shell script that does the necessary configuration for connecting to a WiFi network with WPA2 from Debian.
#!/bin/sh ## A simple `wifi` command for Debian that will connect you to a WPA2 WiFi network ## usage: ## sudo ./wpa2-wifi-connect.sh <ssid> <pass> ifdown wlan0 # build the interfaces file that will point to the file that holds our configuration rm /etc/network/interfaces touch /etc/network/interfaces echo 'auto lo' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'iface lo inet loopback' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'iface eth0 inet dhcp' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'allow-hotplug wlan0' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'iface wlan0 inet manual' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf' >> /etc/network/interfaces echo 'iface default inet dhcp' >> /etc/network/interfaces # build the supplicant file that holds our configuration rm /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf touch /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf echo 'ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev' >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf echo 'update_config=1' >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_passphrase $1 $2 >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf ifup wlan0 
