Connecting to new Wifi network

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

1. 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: 2
   

   Since 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: 2
   

2. Run sudo netplan generate to generate the necessary backend configuration for systemd-networkd.

3. Run sudo netplan apply to actually apply the new config.

You can run networkctl periodically and you'll see the interfaces come up.