If you have a wifi on your laptop you can connect manually by :
- login as root or do su
- ifconfig [device] nwid [network name] wpakey [password]
- dhclient [device]
Device example is iwn0, vlan0,alc0 (see man ifconfig for detailed option available)
To automatically connect after boot we need to do as follow :
- edit /etc/hostname.[device name]
- set parameter
- save file

pretty easy huh …