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AlanG

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Registered: 2016-02-21

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WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

Hello, everyone.

I have a strange problem. On Friday, my ISP gave me a new modem and router along with a different internet plan. Everyone in my household is able to use it without issue. However, on my system, I can connect successfully to the network but I can not reach anything (including the router's IP and web interface). Today, it successfully connected and worked on boot despite me not modifying any settings. A few minutes ago I rebooted and the issue is back. I have taken a look at netctl's systemd log and journalctl but there are no error messages displayed or anything that appears to be out of the ordinary. I honestly have no idea what the issue is and would appreciate any advice.

P.S.: I apologize for any grammatical errors. I am typing this from my tablet.

marcus-s

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

Just to test, figure out what IP-range your router is supposed to hand out. My router at home does this with 192.168.0.* . Some routers use a 100 or 1 instead of the 0 on the third position. Once you know that, try to manually assign an IP-address to your Arch machine. Of course this means dhcpcd is of no use to you, but it might work for the moment.

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AlanG

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

All devices {including mine) are have an address that is in 192.168.1.*.

AlanG

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

It was working fine again yesterday for a brief period but is back to normal today after rebooting.

ewaller

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

please post the output of find /etc/systemd

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AlanG

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

Sure thing.

/etc/systemd/
/etc/systemd/journald.conf
/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
/etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system/netctl@internet.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/unbound.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netctl@internet.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/network
/etc/systemd/resolved.conf
/etc/systemd/user
/etc/systemd/system.conf
/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf
/etc/systemd/user.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-remote.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/coredump.conf

ewaller

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

I see three things having to do with networks. 

/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netctl@internet.service
/etc/systemd/system/netctl@internet.service

I don't think the second one belongs.  Are one of them a link to the other?  If not,  is one a copy of the other?

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AlanG

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

The second one is the original and the first one is a symlink.

Edit: It was created with the command netctl enable internet where internet is the name of my netctl profile.

Last edited by AlanG (2016-02-24 04:02:44)

AlanG

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Re: WiFi connects but can't reach anything.

Here's my systemd status of netctl as well, in case it helps at all.

● netctl@internet.service - Internet
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netctl@internet.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Wed 2016-02-24 15:49:17 EST; 27s ago
     Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
  Process: 331 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 331 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 512)
   CGroup: /system.slice/system-netctl.slice/netctl@internet.service
           ├─353 wpa_supplicant -q -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant_wlp3s0.pid -i wlp3s0 -D nl80211,wext -c/run/network/wpa_supplicant_wlp3s0.conf
           └─582 dhcpcd -4 -q -t 30 -L -C resolv.conf wlp3s0

Feb 24 15:49:02 i systemd[1]: Starting Internet...
Feb 24 15:49:02 i network[331]: Starting network profile 'internet'...
Feb 24 15:49:06 i dhcpcd[512]: DUID 00:01:00:01:1e:5c:c2:9e:30:5a:3a:bc:2e:47
Feb 24 15:49:06 i dhcpcd[512]: wlp3s0: IAID dd:57:3f:e1
Feb 24 15:49:07 i dhcpcd[512]: wlp3s0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.85
Feb 24 15:49:11 i dhcpcd[512]: wlp3s0: probing address 192.168.1.85/24
Feb 24 15:49:16 i dhcpcd[512]: wlp3s0: leased 192.168.1.85 for 86400 seconds
Feb 24 15:49:17 i network[331]: Started network profile 'internet'
Feb 24 15:49:17 i systemd[1]: Started Internet.

From what I can tell, there's no errors and my device shows up as connected on the router's web interface.