Time for action – configuring your wireless card

Here we go! Follow these steps to connect your wireless card to the access point:

  1. Let's first see what wireless networks our adapter is currently detecting. Issue the command iwlist wlan0 scanning and you will find a list of networks in your vicinity:
    Time for action – configuring your wireless card

    Keep scrolling down and you should find the Wireless Lab network in this list. In my setup, it is detected as Cell 05; it may be different in yours. The ESSID field contains the network name.

  2. As multiple access points can have the same SSID, verify that the MAC address mentioned in the preceding Address field matches your access point's MAC. A fast and ...

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