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lowercasename

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Registered: 2012-03-12

Posts: 3

Setting up wifi; RTNETLINK answers: no such device

Hey, I've just started using Archlinux and I'm really loving it. I'm a Linux newbie, though, so I'm a little lost here. I'm trying to set up my wifi connection; iwconfig shows this:

[root@Reynard raphael]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
eth0      no wireless extensions.

But when I type 'ip link set wlan0 up', it comes up with 'RTNETLINK answers: No such device'. What should be done?

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: Setting up wifi; RTNETLINK answers: no such device

There's a very decent wiki article about how to get wifi up and running. Have a look here.

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