wifi and arch (or perhaps I should say systemd or iwd)

[Michael Butash]

W00t, glad it worked out with that.  Kinda wondering it was even enabled,
but weird it would complain about just the authentication and not "radio is
down, maybe enable it?" sort of message.

-mb

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:39 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> thanks Mike. I had to enable the it:
>
> [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli radio wifi
> enabled
> [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli device wifi connect NETGEAR48 password
> sweetdaisy507
> Device 'wlan0' successfully activated with
> '4e83077c-e4c4-4de6-9e6b-4f5ca37c451e'.
>
> and after that wifi worked. Now I can take my computer with us when we go
> away for the weekend and need two computers!
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:12 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> That seems weird, can you try it from the gui?  You should a
>> networkmanager icon in your tray on most Desktop Environments.
>>
>> Also, maybe try walking through these steps in this link, verify the
>> radios are on, and a few different ways to connect.
>>
>> https://fedingo.com/how-to-connect-to-wifi-using-nmcli/
>>
>> I'm running out of ideas though.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 9:05 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> google is such a bud! I was unsure of how to use network manager (didn't
>>> even know if it was installed) so I finally googled it. Well.... it is
>>> installed but I still get an error. it is complaining about 'secrets'. So I
>>> googled the error and that ultimately lead me to:
>>>
>>>      https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,2334.0.html
>>>
>>> instructing me to delete the ssdi. but I still get the same error
>>> message:
>>>
>>>      [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli device wifi connect NETGEAR48
>>> password sweetdaisy507
>>>      Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but
>>> not provided.
>>>      [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli connection delete NETGEAR48
>>>      Connection 'NETGEAR48' (18078f46-de97-41d5-84dc-0c0effce12e8)
>>> successfully deleted.
>>>      [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli device wifi connect NETGEAR48
>>> password sweetdaisy507
>>>      Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but
>>> not provided.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 7:00 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> there is no activity.... the bytes send/receive is blank and it only
>>>> shows a port and ethernet  with a red 'x' so that tells me it isn't seeing
>>>> the wifi card. and don't ask.... I never had the ethernet cable until I
>>>> tried arch.
>>>> network manager? well I installed arch via the ISO and typing
>>>> 'archinstall'.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:54 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
>>>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Did you install a full desktop on it?  If so, you should have
>>>>> NetworkManager in some flavor present, if not, highly suggest using that.
>>>>> It's probably a bit easier to troubleshoot with nmcli and the gui itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you look at logs with journalctl -f while doing so, any logs there
>>>>> point to problems?
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise, maybe just make sure the wlan nic is working doing some
>>>>> basic kismet scans that you're seeing yourself and your neighbors ssid's
>>>>> pop up.  As long as you're seeing traffic, it *should* work.
>>>>>
>>>>> -mb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:34 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>>>>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I connect to the internet ( I guess):
>>>>>> [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ iwctl
>>>>>> [iwd]# station wlan0 connect NETGEAR48
>>>>>> [iwd]#
>>>>>> (I had entered my password before)
>>>>>> but nothing happens (no WIFI icon). So I unplug the ethernet and
>>>>>> restart the computer but still nothing (and no internet as well in case you
>>>>>> were wondering). So I ran
>>>>>> [bmike1 at HavensARCH ~]$ iwctl
>>>>>> [iwd]# station wlan0 connect NETGEAR48
>>>>>> again but still no internet. So, please, how do I get WIFI going?
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