# WIFI Setup

```
$ nmcli device
$ nmcli connection
```

to list devices and already created connection.

Adding new wifi connection. My devcice is called `wlan0`.

```
$ nmcli connection add ifname wlan0 type wifi ssid my-local-network.lan 
```

Setting password

```
$ nmcli connection edit wifi-wlan0
nmcli> goto wifi
nmcli 802-11-wireless> set mode infrastructure
nmcli 802-11-wireless> back
nmcli> goto wifi-sec
nmcli 802-11-wireless-security> set key-mgmt wpa-psk
nmcli 802-11-wireless-security> set psk <ssid-password>
nmcli 802-11-wireless-security> save 
nmcli 802-11-wireless-security> quit 
```

The generated config files are living under `/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/`.

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https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/NetworkManager/NetworkManager_ohne_GUI/