I'm new to Linux and I have a question about WiFi
So, I use Kali Linux. I tried this command to connect to WiFi:
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root@kali-#: iw dev |
I don't know where to start. Why are you usong Kali? Why haven't you asked who ever told you to use Kali for help?
I suggest starting again with a distribution like Linux Mint (I have no idea whixh network drivers you need but non-free are available in Mint) if you want to start using Linux. |
As 273 intimates, Kali is for expert users only.
Apart from the technical considerations, it runs a GUI desktop for root as the default user. This is *not* something a n00b should be doing. I second the Mint recommendation. http://www.linuxmint.com/ |
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lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2 Code:
lsusb Regards... |
I'm using Kali because I needed a version of Linux for the computer security club. Linux Mint you recommend? They said any version of Linux would work.
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I tried what you put:
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root@kali:~# lspci -nnk | grep -i net -A2 Code:
grep: Z: invalid context length argument |
That's a numeric 2, not a capital Z at the end of the command.
Messages are for reading. When you need to understand a command use "man <command>" - it's the *nix "help". Use "q" to quit back to the terminal (no quote in those commands). As for kali, if it's for a security club, why not ? |
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As I say, it is not suited for general day-to-day usage. |
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That isn't to say you should not use Kail, especially if you are using it for security testing, just that it can be harder work to get going than other distributions and isn't really suited to any other purpose than security testing. |
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As far as wifi as with any distro you need networking tools and drivers. NetworkManager is decent if you have blessed hardware (driver + firmware that works and is installed by default). Otherwise wpa_suppicant, ip, iw, ifconfig, iwconfig, and many other means to an end depending on distro and distro age. |
network manager will also let me detect wifi networks?
network manager will also let me detect wifi networks in terminal?
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iwlist wlan0 scan |
network manager does have comand line tools, in some distros. For instance, in Mageia, there is cnetworkmanager, in debian there is nm-cli. Never used them personally, but definitely exist.
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