wpa_cli:tldr:318a3
wpa_cli: Set a network's SSID.
$ wpa_cli set_network ${number} ssid "${SSID}"
try on your machine
The wpa_cli command is used to interact with the wpa_supplicant daemon, which handles the Wi-Fi networking functions on Linux systems.
The specific command you provided, "wpa_cli set_network ${number} ssid "${SSID}", sets the SSID (Service Set Identifier) for a Wi-Fi network (identified by the ${number}) to the value specified by the ${SSID} variable.
Here's a breakdown of each component of the command:
- wpa_cli: This is the command-line interface utility to interact with wpa_supplicant.
- set_network: This is a wpa_cli command that is used to modify the properties of a specific network.
- ${number}: This is a variable representing the network number or ID. It is usually an integer value.
- ssid: This is the keyword that indicates the property being modified is the SSID of the Wi-Fi network.
- "${SSID}": This is another variable, representing the SSID value that will be set for the network. The SSID is the name of the Wi-Fi network that devices will connect to.
In summary, the provided wpa_cli command is used to set the SSID of a specific Wi-Fi network by specifying the network ID and the desired SSID value.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.