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Quick & Easy: Setting up iwd, a wpa_supplicant replacement on Alpine Linux

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Install

  • apk add iwd openresolv nano dbus
  • rc-service wpa_supplicant stop
  • rc-update add iwd boot

Configuring iwd

  • sed -i 's/^#EnableNetworkConfiguration=True$/EnableNetworkConfiguration=True/' /etc/iwd/main.conf (enable iwd standalone)
  • sed -i 's/^#NameResolvingService=resolvconf$/NameResolvingService=resolvconf/' /etc/iwd/main.conf (enable resolvconf)
  • You can also just open /etc/iwd/main.conf and uncomment EnableNetworkConfiguration & NameResolvingService

Connecting to WiFi

  • rc-service iwd start
  • iwctl station wlan0 get-networks (list of available networks)
  • iwctl station wlan0 connect mywifi (connect to network)

Other commands

  • iwctl device wlan0 show (show device info)
  • iwctl known-networks mywifi forget (remove a network)
  • iwctl known-networks mywifi show (show a network)
  • iwctl adapter phy0 show

remove wpa_suplicant

  • apk del wpa_supplicant