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... wait a bit for scanning and configuration ...
$ dhclient iwn0

The result of the scan is also written to the file /tmp/nw-aps. It
contains one line for each access point with the following information:
The result of the scan can also be written to a file. The format of the
file is described in CONFIGURATION STATEMENTS below.

BSSID RSSI encrypted? known? SSID

If necessary (see the CONFIGURATION section below), wireless will notify
wpa_supplicant(8) of the newly established connection by calling
If necessary (see the CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW section below), wireless
will notify wpa_supplicant(8) of the newly established connection by
calling

wpa_cli reassoc

CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW
This is an example configuration file:

device iwn0
dump /var/db/wireless/aps
verbose

open freifunk.paderborn.net
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priority. If an SSID is visible multiple times (such as in campus
networks), the access point with the strongest RSSI is chosen.

CONFIGURATION STATEMENTS
This section outlines the available configuration statements.

debug | verbose
Enables debugging or verbose mode. See DIAGNOSTICS below for
details.

Both debug and verbose can be specified at the same time.

device name
Use name as the device to configure.

dump path
Dump a list of configured networks to path. It contains one line
for each access point with the following information:

BSSID RSSI encrypted? known? SSID..

There is no default path, which means that if no dump statement
is given, the list of networks is not written out.

include path
Includes the file path at the point where the include statement
appears in the file.

open nwid
Defines an unencrypted network with the ESSID nwid.

wpa nwid password
Defines a WPA2 network with the ESSID nwid and the password
password.

802.1x nwid
Defines a WPA2 network that uses IEEE 802.1x as the key
management scheme. This requires using wpa_supplicant(8) to
handle the actual key management.

FILES
/etc/wireless.conf configuration file
/tmp/nw-aps scan results

DIAGNOSTICS
If the keyword verbose is given in the configuration file, the name of
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