Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.

From	peter@easthope.ca
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Instructions for command line usage of WiFi.
Date	2020-11-06 01:00 +0100
Message-ID	<B7XkB-2VI-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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The instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Command_Line
required installation of these packages.

libiw30_30_pre9-13_i386.deb
wireless-tools_30_pre9-13_i386.deb
libnl-genl-3-200_3.4.0-1_i386.deb
libnl-3-200_3.4.0-1_i386.deb
iw_5.0.1-1_i386.deb

This stanza was added in /etc/network/interfaces
allow-hotplug wlxe894f6248352
iface wlxe894f6248352 inet dhcp
	wpa2-ssid Alcatel
	wpa2-psk  <thePassword>

ifup wlxe894f6248352
gives
ifup: interface wlxe894f6248352 already configured

iw wlxe894f6248352 link
gives
Not connected.

ip a
gives
   ...
4: wlxe894f6248352: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc 
mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
     link/ether e8:94:f6: ... brd ff:ff:ff ...

Any ideas about this failure?  Additional software needed?

Thanks,                                ... Peter E.

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Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-06 01:00 +0100
  Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-06 06:30 +0100
    Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-15 23:00 +0100
      Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2020-11-15 23:10 +0100
      Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-11-17 16:40 +0100
    Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-25 00:50 +0100
      Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-25 08:50 +0100
        Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-11-25 15:20 +0100
          Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-25 15:50 +0100
            Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-11-25 16:40 +0100
              Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-25 17:20 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-11-25 19:10 +0100
        Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-27 01:00 +0100
          Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-11-27 02:10 +0100
            Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-27 17:10 +0100
          Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-27 07:40 +0100
            Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-27 18:40 +0100
              Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-11-27 18:50 +0100
              Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-27 19:10 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-30 04:10 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-11-30 05:50 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2020-11-30 07:10 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2020-11-30 09:50 +0100
                Use of external connectors on a Sharp Mebius laptop; was Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-01 03:10 +0100
              Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-11-27 22:00 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2020-11-29 11:40 +0100
                Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-11-29 13:40 +0100
        Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-11-27 04:50 +0100
      Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. Wim <factotum_muth@web.de> - 2020-11-29 20:40 +0100
        Graphical environment; was, Re: Instructions for command line usage of WiFi. peter@easthope.ca - 2020-12-01 15:50 +0100

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