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# Wireless Connection
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There are a few extra steps which must be performed in order to set up
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a wireless network connection. While there are a number of gui tools
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designed to manage the connection with a point and click interface, the
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[wpa_supplicant](https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/) tool is often what is
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invoked as the backend for such tools. It is both simple to set up
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manually and more reliable than most other tools. Most importantly, it
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comes as part of the HitchHiker Linux base install.
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> **Note:** It is perfectly possible to set up a wireless association
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> using the `iwconfig` program rather than `wpa_supplicant`, and this
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> will have the advantage of not requiring another daemon to run. Since
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> wireless connections are often used in the context of a roaming setup,
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> ie a laptop which will be carried from place to place and connected
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> to various networks, wpa_supplicant is *usually* preferred. However if
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> you have a device which will never roam yet cannot connect via a wired
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> interface, the manual page for `iwconfig` gives instructions for
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> associating a wireless network this way.
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The first step in connecting is exactly as for a wired connection, setting
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the interface state to UP. For instructions refer back to the
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[wired](wired.md) subchapter.
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