Editing Network Settings (section)

== Setting Wireless Network Parameters == 
To set wireless parameters, use the "Network Configuration" option in the ctrl-alt-g menu, or from a command line type <font class="code">nano /etc/network/interfaces</font>.<br /> 

Add a section after the interface you want to use wirelessly and add the line <font class="code">wireless-essid [SSID]</font> where [SSID] is the name of your wireless network. Next, include the line <font class="code">wireless-key1 [PASSWORD]</font> where [PASSWORD] is the password you use for your wireless network; if your wireless network does not have a password, do not include the wireless-key1 line.<br />


Below is an example of a /etc/network/interfaces file with the wireless settings added to interface wlan0.

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auto lo<br />
iface lo inet loopback<br />

auto eth0<br />
iface eth0 inet dhcp<br />

auto wlan0<br />
iface wlan0 inet dhcp<br />
wireless-essid [SSID]<br />
wireless-key1 [PASSWORD]<br />
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