Howto: Connect BSD to WIFI spot

Heyas

So i've just installed FreeBSD on my computer.

Preparation:

So, to get started for WIFI, i first need to plug in a wire, and install some of the tools required to enable WIFI.

pkg install -y wpa_supplicant 

Once this is installed, lets remove the wire, so we can be sure the next internet connection will be using the WIFI.

Saving the WIFI config

Is quite simple, we're using the just installed wpa_password tool, passing the AP-Name and its password, and redirect the output to a file:

wpa_password APNAME PaSSwoRd >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

Enable WIFI for startup

Basicly, you just need to get the device from the output of:

ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless

And save it to: /etc/rc.conf

wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

Or you cold type this:

WLAN=`ifconfig | grep -B3 -i wireless | grep ^[ai]|awk '{print $1}'`

echo "wlans_${WLAN/:}=wlan0
ifconfig_wlan0=\"WPA SYNCDHCP\"" >> /etc/rc.conf

Enable WIFI

To get it right away:

service netif restart

Or simply reboot to verify everything worked well.

Sources:

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/wireless.html