Wireless configuration using /etc/network/interfaces documentation

Question

I followed the tutorial here and was able to properly configure my network: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834&page=181

I know of the documentation in /usr/share/doc/wireless-tools/README.Debian, but it doesn't detail the options that were used.

Where can I find the documentation for the settings that were used? For example, where can I find the documentation on the options (wpa-ssid, wpa-psk, etc.)?

Solution 1

I'm googling for the same thing, here is what I found.

Arguments prefixed with "wpa-",which are used for wpa_supplicant Managed Mode,are documented in /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz.

Arguments in form of wireless-<function> are equivalent to iwconfig <interface> <function> <value>, so the usage can refer to iwconfig(8) manpages.

Solution 2

Change accordingly

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid myssid
    wpa-psk a1b2c3d4e5

Comments

[adadion]

old thread but found more useful link for wireless setting here

[DougA]

Does the myssid need quotes like "myssid" and "a1b2c3d4e5" ?

[Sergey Poskachey]

@DougA you don't need quotes.