How To Connect To A WPA Wifi Using Command Lines On Debian

First install the package wpasupplicant


aptitude install wpasupplicant


Then we will configure a network, so we create and modify the configuration file:



vim /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf


Complete the file to make it look like that (replacing wifi_name and wifi_key by their real values of course). Press "i" to be able to edit.


network={


ssid="wifi_name"


psk="wifi_key"


}

Then exit and