Wireless settings from the console

[Osteo]

Hi,

I've been struggling to set up my wireless network through the virtual console. I'd like to connect to my home network if possible, else the first available.

My network uses WPA2-TKIP encryption, with a hidden SSID. My wireless driver is: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (eth1)

When I log into the VC, I seem to pick up the first connection I can find. I figured, I could write a script that would connect to my personal network using iwconfig commands. My script sets things like essid, key and so on.

Is this actually changing the network? Is there a command that starts implements the changes? My card doesn't seem to support "commit".

I also have reason to believe that might need to apt-get some support for WPA encryption.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

[sky]

Re: Wireless settings from the console

Hi,

I don't use WPA yet, but I'm using often iwconfig and I edited the /etc/network/interfaces to include all what you're doing by hand for example like this :
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid <your-essid>
wireless-key <your_key>

Hope it helps