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bennylb0

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2010-05-21

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[SOLVED] Can I install iwconfig from a usb

By following the wireless how-to i managed to get wireless working during installation but after booting into the new system I followed the same steps again but now no longer have iwconfig installed and no connection.

Is not having iwconfig a problem connecting to WPA2?

Last edited by bennylb0 (2010-05-23 11:28:36)

Ekimino

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From: Maldonado, Uruguay

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Re: [SOLVED] Can I install iwconfig from a usb

Last time I checked iwconfig there was not a way to connect to WPA2 using iwconfig. wpa_supplicant is used instead. (if you used iwconfig to connect to a WPA Network, You're right)

You can put the package files on the USB and install them using pacman -U, or makepkg -i. Watch the dependencies of each, here's a list of dependencies for wpa_supplicant and iwconfig(wireless_tools).

wpa_supplicant : Depends On     : openssl  dbus-core>=1.2.4  readline>=6.0  libnl
wireless_tools (iwconfig) : Depends On     : glibc

wpa_supplicant on Arch Wiki

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bennylb0

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2010-05-21

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED] Can I install iwconfig from a usb

Thanks for the reply Ekimino,

I managed to get the connection back up and running with wpa_supplicant. Thanks fot the tip.