How to connect to wifi - Qualcomm Dragonwing Documentation

Connect to the network

Set up Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is operational in Station mode. The Wi-Fi host driver and the authentication for network management are initialized during the device boot up.

Connect to the wireless access point (Wi-Fi router):

nmcli dev wifi connect <SSID> password <password>

Check the connection and device status:
```
nmcli -p device
```
Check the WLAN connection status and IP address:
```
ip address show wlp1s0
```

Ping any website to confirm if the connection is active:
```
ping google.com
```

Switching networks

If you are already connected to a network and need to reconnect to another network, do the following:

Disconnect from the current network:
```
nmcli c down <SSID>
```
Check the disconnect status:
```
nmcli -p device
```

Connect to a different Wi-Fi network:

nmcli dev wifi connect QualcommAP password XXXXXXXXX

Check the connection status:
```
nmcli -p device
```

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