Raspberry Pi Wifi Router/Repeater Howto (Interfaces 3/5)

Network Interfaces 3/5

Set wireless association details (e.g. ESSID and passphrase) for known upstream connection.

access point name ssid="ESSID"
With psk="PASSWORD" contained, association details file should be protected.
identifier for menus, ... id_str="label"
Reference association details file wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf


	      country=US
	      ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
	      update_config=1

	      network={
	          ssid="ESSID"
	          psk="PASSWORD"
	          id_str="label"
	      }

/etc/network/interfaces.d/012_wlan1


	      # Enable wifi association at boot
	      auto wlan1
	      iface wlan1 inet dhcp
	          wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf