Connect to a WPA2-Enterprise Connection via CLI (no desktop)

Question

I've finally installed the drivers for my wireless adapter, however, I can't seem to find anything explaining out to connect to a WPA2-Enterprise connection. I've found many WPA/WEP/WPA2 explanations, however, these don't solve my situations.

Is there any way to do this? I'm currently CLI only, thanks!

Answer 1

You can use nmcli

# nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 con-name CONNECTION_NAME ssid SSID
# nmcli con edit id CONNECTION_NAME
nmcli> set ipv4.method auto
nmcli> set 802-1x.eap peap
nmcli> set 802-1x.phase2-auth mschapv2
nmcli> set 802-1x.identity USERNAME
nmcli> save
nmcli> activate

You may also need to add

• nmcli> set 802-1x.password PASSWORD
• nmcli> set 802-1x.anonymous-identity ANONYMOUS-IDENTITY
• nmcli> set wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-eap

Answer 2

wpa_supplicant is the answer. It supports WPA-Enterprise and several EAP methods. I connect to my home network by executing:

wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -B -c /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf

Here is an example of configuration file. It's all about configuring this file to match your connection.