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WiFi is a universal wireless networking technology that utilizes radio frequencies to transfer data. WiFi allows high-speed Internet connections without the use of cables.
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Linux: Command-line tool to quick-change the actual wireless "connected to" network?
(Answer found at the Unix & Linux StackExchange site)
Solution using the nmcli tool, included in most distros or easily installable via apt-get, yum ... etc :
To show already-stored WiFi networks … The nmcli tool is great: it can work with a specific wireless device (i.e: wlan0) or with any of them in a generic manner (i.e: you just specify wifi and the tool makes in charge of establishing the connection …
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Linux: Command-line tool to quick-change the actual wireless "connected to" network?
Possible command-line examples:
switchtowifi --essid MyWiFiNetwork
switchtowifi --essid MyWiFiNetwork --bssid 11:22:33:44:55:66
switchtowifi --channel 5
The first example switches to any already-stored WiFi … The second example switches to the already-stored WiFi network named MyWiFiNetwork whose BSSID is 11:22:33:44:55:66.
The third example switches to any already-stored WiFi network on channel 5. …