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Use the hashed PSK in the specific network interfaces file for added security:
Use the hashed PSK in the specific network interfaces file for added security.  Create the file:
<source lang=bash>
 
echo "auto wlan0
/etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0
<source>
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
     wpa-ssid youressid
     wpa-ssid youressid
     wpa-psk 151790fab3bf3a1751a269618491b54984e192aa19319fc667397d45ec8dee5b" > /etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0
     wpa-psk 151790fab3bf3a1751a269618491b54984e192aa19319fc667397d45ec8dee5b
</source>
</source>



Latest revision as of 14:53, 7 December 2023

Wireless interfaces are also managed with configuration files in "/etc/network/interfaces.d/". For example, to connect as a client to a WPA network with DHCP. Note some or all of this software may already be installed on the target SBC.

Install wpa_supplicant:

apt-get update && apt-get install wpasupplicant -y

Run:

wpa_passphrase youressid yourpassword

This command will output information similar to:

 network={
 	ssid="youressid"
 	#psk="yourpassword"
 	psk=151790fab3bf3a1751a269618491b54984e192aa19319fc667397d45ec8dee5b
 }

Use the hashed PSK in the specific network interfaces file for added security. Create the file:

/etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid youressid
    wpa-psk 151790fab3bf3a1751a269618491b54984e192aa19319fc667397d45ec8dee5b

To have this take effect immediately:

service networking restart

For more information on configuring Wi-Fi, see Debian's guide here.