Connecting To Internet Through The Terminal Using IW To connect to the internet, Type: iw dev ip link show wlan0 ip link set wlan0 up ip link show wlan0 iw wlan0 link iw wlan0 scan (optional because it didn't work for me) wpa_passphrase Food >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf 123456 Here Food is the SSID and 123456 is the password. cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_supplicant -B -D wext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf iw wlan0 link dhclient wlan0 ip addr show wlan0 OR ifconfig wlan0 ip route show ping 8.8.8.8. Try to ping any website to ensure access to network