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

[Michael Butash]

Oh yeah, maybe change your password to the ssid, maybe the ssid name too
since you posted it in your email too for google to index off the internet
being a mailing list.

/me strikes Mike's knuckles with a ruler, "Don't do that."  :)

-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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