Connecting to new Wifi network
I am using Ubuntu Core on the Intel Joule. I went through all of the setup and everything was fine. I connected to a wifi network and am able to SSH into the Joule. However, we just set up a new wifi network in the office specifically for this, and I cannot figure out how to switch to a new wifi network. The way I originally connected to the current network was just through the "first boot" configuration step.
Is there a way to switch to a different wifi network?
Thanks.
1 Answer
Note that you should be able to simply run sudo console-conf, which is that first-boot setup you've already gone through. But it doesn't support more complex networking setups, so a more thorough answer is:
The Ubuntu Core images utilize netplan, and uses the systemd-networkd backend for it. I don't have a Joule on hand, but I have my Dragon board here, and I used the first boot setup to configure a wired ethernet connection. Let me walk you through what I'd do with netplan to setup a wireless connection.
Modify
/etc/netplan/00-snapd-config.yaml. This is the file generated by console-conf on first boot. Since I configured the wired connection on first boot, mine looked like this:# This is the network config written by 'console-conf' network: ethernets: eth0: addresses: [] dhcp4: true version: 2Since I wanted to enable wifi, I updated this file to this:
# This is the network config written by 'console-conf' network: ethernets: eth0: addresses: [] dhcp4: true wifis: wlan0: access-points: <access point name>: password: <password> dhcp4: true version: 2Run
sudo netplan generateto generate the necessary backend configuration for systemd-networkd.- Run
sudo netplan applyto actually apply the new config.
You can run networkctl periodically and you'll see the interfaces come up.
