Networking

Turn networking on/off from CLI

Run

nmcli n[etworking] <on>/<off>

as root to turn networking on and off.

Connect to WiFi networks from CLI

All of the following commands require root rights.

List all available WiFi networks with

nmcli d[evice] wifi list ifname <WiFi interface e.g. wlan0>

Connect to a network with

nmcli d[evice] wifi connect '$SSID' --ask

and enter the relevant network password.

If you don't mind having the password in your shell history, you can also use:

nmcli d[evice] wifi connect '$SSID' password '$PASSWORD' ifname <WiFi interface>

Scan the network

1. Find the ip address of your own device with ip addr
2. Take network part of ip address and pass it to nmap -sn x.x.x.0/24