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sinisterz

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Registered: 2012-06-07

Posts: 9

[SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

I am trying to get arch to connect to my wirless on boot, but failing some where. If I use wifi-select I can connect to the network, however I dont know which
configuration file it is using (assuming wlan0-SSID)

/etc/rc.conf

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network crond net-profiles)

/etc/network.d/wpa_suppl

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='A wpa_supplicant configuration based wireless connection'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa-config'
WPA_CONF='/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
IP='dhcp' 
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
#HIDDEN=yes

/etc/network.d/wlan0-SSID

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='Automatically generated profile by wifi-menu'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID=SSID
IP='dhcp'
KEY=passphrase

/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=network
fast_reauth=1
ap_scan=1

network={
	ssid="mySSID"
	#psk="xxxxxxxxx"
	psk=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	proto=RSN
}

/etc/conf.d/netcfg

# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot time.
#   - prefix an entry with a '@' to background its startup
#   - set to 'last' to restore the profiles running at the last shutdown
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu (requires the dialog package)
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
NETWORKS=(@wpa_suppl)

# Specify the name of your wired interface for net-auto-wired
WIRED_INTERFACE="eth0"

# Specify the name of your wireless interface for net-auto-wireless
WIRELESS_INTERFACE="wlan0"

# Array of profiles that may be started by net-auto-wireless.
# When not specified, all wireless profiles are considered.
AUTO_PROFILES=()

Last edited by sinisterz (2012-09-27 02:07:32)

nagaseiori

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

Add net-auto-wireless to your DAEMONS array.

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

Why use wifi-select?  wifi-menu is included with netcfg and does the same thing, doesn't it?  I can't speak for wifi-select, but I know that wifi-menu has a naming scheme that uses the interface followed by the ESSID.  So for instance if your network is named "Network" and you are using wlan0, it will produce an entry called "wlan0-Network"

moetunes

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Registered: 2010-10-09

Posts: 1,033

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

In your /etc/conf.d/netcfg changing the NETWORKS line to
    NETWORKS=(wlan0-SSID)
should be all you have to do.

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sinisterz

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Registered: 2012-06-07

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

I tried all the above steps and the only one that worked for me was adding wlan0-SSID to the networks array. Thanks!!

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [SOLVED] Wireless on boot - Toshiba u840

Please mark as solved