thanks Mike. I had to enable the it: [bmike1@HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli radio wifi enabled [bmike1@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@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@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@HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli device wifi connect NETGEAR48 password >> sweetdaisy507 >> Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but >> not provided. >> [bmike1@HavensARCH ~]$ nmcli connection delete NETGEAR48 >> Connection 'NETGEAR48' (18078f46-de97-41d5-84dc-0c0effce12e8) >> successfully deleted. >> [bmike1@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 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@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@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I connect to the internet ( I guess): >>>>> [bmike1@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@HavensARCH ~]$ iwctl >>>>> [iwd]# station wlan0 connect NETGEAR48 >>>>> again but still no internet. So, please, how do I get WIFI going? >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: