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

[Michael Butash]

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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>>
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