Wifi Card not being detected & Wifi not working.

digitalXmage · 2017-12-21 22:55:06

I've installed Arch Linux on my mac-book pro. However during installation at the stage of checking the internet connection. I didn't have an internet connection. And typing in "ip a" does not show the wi fi card, and i also don't have a IP address. So in order to carry on with the install i had to use an Ethernet cable, and type "DHCPCD" in order to get an IP for the Ethernet and carry on with the install. However I'm pretty noobish to Arch(Moving from Debian) and wondering how i go about making the WIFI work and the wireless card be detected?

Here is a dump of screenshots i took, these have been posted on imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/65oFO

Firstly the network card doesn't appear when i type ip a. I'm assuming i need to install some drivers or something? If so how do i go about this, I'm new to arch Linux, so some level of hand holding of how to solve this issue and the WIFI card to be detected and the WIFI to be usable, would be greatly appreciated. If any mistakes or rules were broken , please let me know, this is my first post.

jasonwryan · 2017-12-21 23:01:46

Work your way, methodically, down this page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … figuration

Please don't expect hand holding here: that is not how Arch or this community works.

Mr.Elendig · 2017-12-22 10:53:17

When taking pictures of a monitor:

Centre the camera in front of the screen in both x and y directions.
Back off until the entire screen is in frame.
Make sure the screen is in focus.
Hold the camera still.
Don't use flash.

Anyway: Plug in the ethernet cable again, bring up network, install the required drivers/firmware/wireless tools. If it still doesn't work then post full output of the connection attempt, the driver/firmware you use etc.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2017-12-22 10:54:00)

lo1 · 2017-12-22 12:13:33

digitalXmage wrote:

Firstly the network card doesn't appear when i type ip a
Mr.Elendig wrote:
Plug in the ethernet cable again, bring up network, install the required drivers/firmware/wireless tools. If it still doesn't work then post full output of the connection attempt, the driver/firmware you use etc.

Do that, but I've got a long shot: make sure you don't need to press a function key or whatever kind of switch to hard-toggle your wireless NIC on/off.

Mr.Elendig · 2017-12-22 12:49:24

rfkill list all

will show the status of the kill switch

Arch Linux

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Wifi Card not being detected & Wifi not working.

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