Add a Wi-Fi Connection #

Their are several ways to add a Wi-Fi Connection, depending on your preference. These ways are listed below: All of these methods assume that your board has Wi-Fi, and/or a USB Wi-Fi adapter

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Method 1: nmtui #

The nmtui tool, or NetworkManager Text User Interface, is a component of NetworkManager, and can be used (in a TUI style) to add and select a Wi-Fi network. Nmtui is, however, also capable of managing other types of networks, and depending on your circumstances may not be the best option. This leads is to…

Method 2: nmcli #

nmcli, like nmtui, is a component of networkmanager, and has the same features.

To connect to a wireless network, follow these instructions:

1: list wireless networks #

To show a list of Wi-Fi networks, at a sudo-enabled terminal, enter:

 sudo nmcli device wifi list

The output should look like this:

*  SSID               MODE     CHAN     RATE          SIGNAL      BARS      SECURITY
*  Orange-Pi-wifi     Infra     11       54 Mbit/s      100         ▂▄▆█     --
   A13-Wifi           Infra      6       54 Mbit/s       30          ▂___    WPA1 WPA2
   2WIRE533           Infra     10       54 Mbit/s       44          ▂▄__    WPA1 WPA2

Connect to network (without password) #

If your network does not require a password (I.E. is not secure), you can connect to it with the following command:

 sudo nmcli device wifi connect 'WiFINetworkName' ifname wlan0

Give it a few seconds to connect, then verify your connectivity with:

 ip -br address show dev wlan0

Connect to network (with password) #

However, if your network does require a password (as most should), you may connect to it with the following command, replacing WiFiNetworkName and WiFiNetworkPass with your network name and password, respectively:

 sudo nmcli device wifi connect 'WiFiNetworkName' password 'WifiPass' ifname wlan0

Please do keep in mind that you will not receive feedback while typing the password component of the above command, for security reasons.

Once again, verify your connectivity with:

 ip -br address show dev wlan0