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olliegab

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Registered: 2011-05-27

Posts: 19

Internet access during installation CD - not afterwards

I installed the latest Arch via an ISO image on a CD. During the initial installation I had no problems with the connection to the net (cable connection).
I followed the points in the "Beginners' Installation Guide" and got as far as to the post-installation section. When re-booting the system (without the CD) I have no internet connection, ie I can't ping any web site or even my own router.
Would the downloads during installation have installed some later driver that originally worked fine on the CD? Or is it perhaps some config problem?
Anyone who could suggest a starting point to start searching for a solution?
Cheers

tumas

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Registered: 2012-02-08

Posts: 89

Re: Internet access during installation CD - not afterwards

During the installation systemd starts the internet connection automatically. If u reboot u have to enable that connection with the following command: "systemctl enable dhcpcd.service" or even better: first figure out the name of ur connection with e.g. "ip addr" and u will see something like enpXXX. And then run "systemctl enable dhcpcd@enpXXX" (replace the XXX with ur numbers). After the next reboot u should have ur internet back.

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Internet access during installation CD - not afterwards

When re-booting the system (without the CD) I have no internet connection, ie I can't ping any web site or even my own router.

Because you skipped a step.

It says here that:

You need to configure the network again, but this time for your newly installed environment. The procedure and prerequisites are very similar to the one described above, except we are going to make it persistent and automatically run at boot.

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kanikuleet

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Registered: 2012-12-22

Posts: 36

Re: Internet access during installation CD - not afterwards

not all drivers included in the installation medium will be available in your new system.

did you install tools such as wireless_tools, wpa_supplicant, dialog or your ethernet driver during the install?