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Hi,
According to this document: http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Arch-Linux, the following can be used to configure the wifi network.
Configure your network (wireless). If you have a wireless network, enter in the following commands to enable it.
Type
ip link
to determine the interface name of your network adapter.
Type
pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant
to install the necessary software.
Type
pacman -S dialog
to install the Wi-Fi menu.
Type
pacman -S wpa_actiond
to install the software that allows you to automatically connect to known networks.
Type
systemctl enable netctl-auto@interfacename.service
to turn on the auto-connection service for your wireless adapter.
Next time you reboot, type
wifi-menu interfacename
to access the wireless menu for your adapter.
This brings me the interface and the place to put in my AES key. Fine. However, my key is very long. i have it stored correctly in a text file. Is it possible for me to copy the passphrase from this file to some place which would make it accessible to the wifi interface?
I hope that my question is clear.
Many thanks for answering this question!
Last edited by aarem (2017-01-08 16:43:59)
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Please do not use that guide. Follow our wiki. If you did, you'd have your answer: the password needs to be stored in a text file. Entering it at a prompt is just one way of having some tool create that file for you.
And please don't waste so much space with several lines and a code block just to indicate that you pressed enter after a command. If that level of instruction is needed you really shouldn't be using arch.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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Please do not use that guide. Follow our wiki. If you did, you'd have your answer.
Thank you. Mind pointing to that specific section for a newbie in the Newbie Corner?
And please don't waste so much space with several lines and a code block just to indicate that you pressed enter after a command.
OK, thank you. I thought that formatting would make things clearer. Sorry, I will edit it.
If that level of instruction is needed you really shouldn't be using arch.
I thought I was a newbie in a newbie corner and I am already suggested to not use arch? As an aside, it should be clear that that level of formatting in a post does not help me because I have already read and implemented the instructions. So my post was for others to follow. Since it appears to potentially irritate experienced users, I will fix that now. Apologies again.
Thank you again for your advice!
Last edited by aarem (2017-01-08 15:13:28)
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Sorry, I may have came across a bit cranky - thank you for responding to me better than I did to you and accepting the content of the critiques. It's just that such third party guides often cause all sorts of problems, primarily through allowing new users to skip important learning steps.
There are many ways of configuring wireless in arch. I just use wpa_supplicant service, so when I need to enter a password, it is just in wpa_supplicant.conf for every network. The instructions you followed present netctl as the only option. That seems to be a good option - just not one I'm all that familiar with. It is well documented in our wiki though:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl
Specifically, you might want to see these sections:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … WPA-PSK.29
These profiles are just text files. You can use the automated tools to generate these by responding to some prompts, but you can also just open them in any text editor. You could even combine these approaches. Follow the wifi-menu prompts to generate a profile and just put a blank or fake password. Then edit the file it creates, so you don't need to start from scratch, but you can just revise the password line.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
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There are many ways of configuring wireless in arch. I just use wpa_supplicant service, so when I need to enter a password, it is just in wpa_supplicant.conf for every network. The instructions you followed present netctl as the only option. That seems to be a good option - just not one I'm all that familiar with. It is well documented in our wiki though:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetctlSpecifically, you might want to see these sections:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … figuration
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … WPA-PSK.29These profiles are just text files. You can use the automated tools to generate these by responding to some prompts, but you can also just open them in any text editor. You could even combine these approaches. Follow the wifi-menu prompts to generate a profile and just put a blank or fake password. Then edit the file it creates, so you don't need to start from scratch, but you can just revise the password line.
Thank you again! This is exactly the sort of focused advice I was looking for! It is extremely helpful to me, so thanks again! Best wishes!
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