Solaris Network Configuration

4. Configuring Wireless Access for WiFi network in Solaris 11

First scan on the wireless interface wpi0 to get wireless network information.

#netadm scan-wifi wpi0

Choose WLAN to connect to  from the list of ESSIDs 
# netadm select-wifi wpi0
1: ESSID sunwifi BSSID 0:b:e:3f:c5:80
2: ESSID sunwifi BSSID 0:b:e:39:1f:80
3: Other
Choose WLAN to connect to [1-3]: 1
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if ESSID broadcast is diabled, choose others from the selection to use a custom ESSID

# netadm select-wifi wpi0
1: ESSID sunwifi BSSID 0:b:e:3f:c5:80
2: ESSID sunwifi BSSID 0:b:e:39:1f:80
3: Other

Choose WLAN to connect to [1-3]: 3

Enter WLAN name: mywifi
1: None
2: WEP
3: WPA
Enter security mode: 2

Enter WLAN key for ESSID mywifi 123456

Enter key slot [1-4]: 1
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