[Nottingham] Connect to WPA wireless using command line

[Simon Sleaford]

Hi
I'm trying to connect to my wireless network at home from the command line
on a machine that isn't running X. These are the steps that I have taken so
far:

1 Make sure my wireless adaptor is recognised:

iwconfig

Recognises the RaLink RT2860 adaptor in my netbook correctly (designated
ra0)

2. Scan for wireless network:

iwlist ra0 scan

Correctly sees my sky router and tells me that it is using WPA encryption.

3. This is where it seems to go wrong, when I try to connect using the
following command

iwconfig ra0 essid "SKYRouter" key s:mywirelesskey

I get no output following the command so assume it has worked but cannot
ping the router and have no IP address.



Can anybody help me out with what I'm doing incorrectly?

Thanks

Simon
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