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Chris Hofstaedtler edited this page Jun 22, 2025 · 4 revisions

WiFi should work out-of-the-box on grml.

how to use wpa_supplicant

  • -D<driver> --- here you can set the driver for your WiFi-card. There are some drivers you can use:

    nl80211 = Linux nl80211/cfg80211 wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic) wired = wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver roboswitch = wpa_supplicant Broadcom switch driver bsd = BSD 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.) ndis = Windows NDIS driver

  • -i<interface> --- deliver the interface to wpa_supplicant

  • -B --- starting a daemon in background

  • -w --- wait for the interface

  • -c<config-file> --- use this config-file

Information taken from wpa_supplicant README.

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