this will be an explainer about the “ip” command, and some general info about wifi commands in linux.

first command we will use is ip:

ip a

the “a” can be interchanged with “a”, “addr” or “address”, they all mean and do the same thing.

references/further reading:

1. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/92799/connecting-to-wifi-network-through-command-line
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iproute2
3. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-iproute2-tools-to-manage-network-configuration-on-a-linux-vps