Ubuntu Wireless setup

Find your interface name

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chili@T440p:~$ iwconfig
enp0s25 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"GBR1"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: XX:2B:B0:DC:45:XX
Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=55/70 Signal level=-55 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:109 Missed beacon:0

It will be wlxxx something rather than wlan0 any more as it is 16.04 anyway.

Edit interface file

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sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid your_access_point
wpa-psk your_wpa_key

restart interface

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sudo ifup -v wlxxx

Ubuntu Wireless setup
https://rug.al/2017/2017-05-22-ubuntu-wireless-setup/
Author
Rugal Bernstein
Posted on
May 22, 2017
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