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

Sat Nov 20 11:54:39 MST 2021

oops

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 1:51 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> 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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