Network Manager

This is a program that handles network connections!

You can use it using the nmcli command.

grep -r '^psk=' /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/

Connecting to WiFi

# turn wifi on
sudo nmcli radio wifi on
# list networks
sudo nmmli dev wifi list
# connect to a network using its ssid
sudo nmcli dev wifi connect <network-ssid> --ask

Connecting to eduroam

If you are in an institute that uses eduraom, you can visit the eduroam website to download an installer.

The installer is a python3 script. However python is a symlink to python3 by default on arch linux, so we can simply run it after marking it as executable.

# making it executable
chmod +x <the file name>
# execute the file
./<file-name>

Securing WiFi passwords

To secure passwords you will need a keyring running. (Check the apps page).

Now run nm-connection-editor in your terminal, select a network connection and click Edit. Now select the Wifi Security tab and click on the right icon of password and check Store the password only for this user.