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How to connect to a WiFi from command line under Ubuntu without .conf file?

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Mar 15, 202633215 views
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I can connect to my WiFi out of the shell by doing: typing: and doing: Pretty complicated.. Is there a possibility to connect to a WiFI via shell without the need of a wireless-wpa.conf?

Error Output

nano wireless-wpa.conf

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You can control a running wpa_supplicant using it's control interface, which you already specify in your .conf file. While this still needs a .conf file, you don't have to put any wireless networks in it, and don't have to change it. You can then co…

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