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cns4eaa

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Registered: 2013-11-16

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[SOLVED] Can not connect using netctl

Im trying to install arch on my laptop and for some reason netctl will not connect to the internet through wireless.

When i run wifi-menu I see all the available access points and select my home one then put in my wep password but it fails and outputs:

Job netctl@wlp2s0-linksys5.service failed.  See systemctl status netctl@wlp2s0-linksys5 and journalctl -xn for more information.

I have tried following everything on the wiki but it still does not seem to work.

Some other information that may be useful

dmesg

[ 1426.479391] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[ 1664.614649] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
[ 1682.188604] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready

iwconfig

wlp2s0    IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

lspci

02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
	Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NE785 / AW-NE785H 802.11bgn Wireless Full or Half-size Mini PCIe Card
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k
	Kernel modules: ath9k

journalctl

-- Logs begin at Sat 2013-11-16 17:00:33 UTC, end at Sat 2013-11-16 17:28:43 UTC. --
Nov 16 17:28:10 archiso kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
Nov 16 17:28:27 archiso systemd[1]: Stopped Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-linksys5.
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/9d1aaa27d60140bd96365438aad20286
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has finished shutting down.
Nov 16 17:28:27 archiso systemd[1]: Starting Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-linksys5...
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has begun with start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has begun starting up.
Nov 16 17:28:27 archiso network[1229]: Starting network profile 'wlp2s0-linksys5'...
Nov 16 17:28:27 archiso kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
Nov 16 17:28:43 archiso network[1229]: WPA association/authentication failed for interface 'wlp2s0'
Nov 16 17:28:43 archiso network[1229]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'wlp2s0-linksys5'
Nov 16 17:28:43 archiso systemd[1]: netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 16 17:28:43 archiso systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp2s0-linksys5.
-- Subject: Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/catalog/be02cf6855d2428ba40df7e9d022f03d
-- 
-- Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Nov 16 17:28:43 archiso systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wlp2s0\x2dlinksys5.service entered failed state.

EDIT: After trying ip link I got this

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 54:04:a6:2e:00:77 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 74:2f:68:0b:d1:bd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Even after doing "ip link set wlp2s0 up" it still says "DOWN" for some reason.

Last edited by cns4eaa (2013-11-17 17:00:04)

noodlebox

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Registered: 2013-11-17

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] Can not connect using netctl

What version of netctl are you using?

pacman -Qi netctl

If you're using the packages on the Arch ISO image, this most likely isn't relevant to your issue... but if you've updated netctl to the current version(1.4-1), there seems to be a bug with handling WEP and WPA keys in hexadecimal form, which is what the auto-generated config will use:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173033

Using an older version of netctl should work, as will using netctl-git from the AUR, where this problem has been fixed.

May not be related to your issues, but if it is, I hope this helps.

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Can not connect using netctl

Even after doing "ip link set wlp2s0 up" it still says "DOWN" for some reason.

No, it is up, you are looking at the wrong indicator:

3: wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000

As for the netctl issues I can't help there.  I'd generally recommend trying to connect manually to get better diagnostic information.

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cns4eaa

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Registered: 2013-11-16

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Can not connect using netctl

Thank you for all the replies.

What version of netctl are you using?

pacman -Qi netctl

If you're using the packages on the Arch ISO image, this most likely isn't relevant to your issue... but if you've updated netctl to the current version(1.4-1), there seems to be a bug with handling WEP and WPA keys in hexadecimal form, which is what the auto-generated config will use:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173033

Using an older version of netctl should work, as will using netctl-git from the AUR, where this problem has been fixed.

May not be related to your issues, but if it is, I hope this helps.

Im using the version off of the ISO image not 1.4-1 sothat is not what it is I checked anyway but the version is not 1.4.

Even after doing "ip link set wlp2s0 up" it still says "DOWN" for some reason.

No, it is up, you are looking at the wrong indicator:

3: wlp2s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000

As for the netctl issues I can't help there.  I'd generally recommend trying to connect manually to get better diagnostic information.

Thank you for explianing that to me I tried to connect manually and it didnt work at first but after 2 tries I got it working. For now I am just going to make a script to connect for me manually as I dont feel the need to go through netctl if I already got something working thanks for the help.