Can't Connect to WIFI Repeater

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 02:02:54

Hey all, I have a WIFI repeater that allows me to obtain access to my wireless signal in my office. The WIFI repeater has WPA2 encryption and a standard password just like any regular home router. I can connect to it from all of my devices (iphone, ubuntu, etc) except my Arch laptop for some reason. I have tried fiddling with the connecting encryption type, have reset the repeater, and reset the laptop's memory of the attempts at connection and it won't connect at all.

Any ideas?

Can provide more details as necessary.

Linux bmgxc9-arch 4.9.30-1-lts #1 SMP Sun May 28 18:47:29 CEST 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Arch Linux - Gnome 3
Using NetworkManager

jasonwryan · 2017-06-03 02:45:41

Connect manually and paste the error messages where it fails.

circleface · 2017-06-03 02:46:56

Try turning off all programs such as Network Manager that are managing the interface. Once that is done, try connecting manually and see what errors you get. Post those errors here and someone can probably help you.

Edit: not quite fast enough

Last edited by circleface (2017-06-03 02:47:24)

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 02:56:08

wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
wlp3s0: Failed to initialize driver interface

jasonwryan · 2017-06-03 04:02:06

What driver did you install?

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 05:02:00

sudo lspci -v
[sudo] password for bmgxc9: 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 013f
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
	Kernel driver in use: bdw_uncore

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Iris Graphics 6100 (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 013f
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 53
	Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 013f
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 55
	Memory at c1810000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
	Memory at c1800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:15.0 DMA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Serial IO DMA Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [EISA DMA])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Serial IO DMA Controller
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	Memory at c181a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Kernel driver in use: dw_dmac_pci

00:15.4 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Serial IO GSPI Controller #1 (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Serial IO GSPI Controller #1
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
	Memory at c1819000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Kernel driver in use: pxa2xx_spi_pci
	Kernel modules: spi_pxa2xx_pci

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 51
	Memory at c181b100 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 52
	Memory at c1814000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: None
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #2 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: c1600000-c17fffff [size=2M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000a0000000-00000000afffffff [size=256M]
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [100] #00
	Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: c1000000-c14fffff [size=5M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [100] #00
	Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=9b, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00006fff [size=12K]
	Memory behind bridge: c1900000-cd9fffff [size=193M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cda00000-00000000d99fffff [size=192M]
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [100] #00
	Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev e3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: c1500000-c15fffff [size=1M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [100] #00
	Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
	Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
	Memory at c181b000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 7270
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at c1818000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
	Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
	Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal

02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Broadcom Limited 720p FaceTime HD Camera
	Subsystem: Broadcom Limited 720p FaceTime HD Camera
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
	Memory at c1700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at c1600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [68] Vendor Specific Information: Len=44 <?>
	Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-ff-ff-00-00-00
	Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [1b0] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Capabilities: [220] #15
	Kernel driver in use: facetimehd

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device 0133
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 56
	Memory at c1400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
	Memory at c1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
	Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/16 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [68] Vendor Specific Information: Len=44 <?>
	Capabilities: [ac] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [13c] Device Serial Number 66-43-60-ff-ff-be-a4-5e
	Capabilities: [150] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [160] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [1b0] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Capabilities: [220] #15
	Capabilities: [240] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: brcmfmac
	Kernel modules: brcmfmac

04:00.0 SATA controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a801 (rev 01) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a801
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
	Memory at c1500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [148] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
	Capabilities: [158] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [168] #19
	Capabilities: [188] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Capabilities: [190] L1 PM Substates
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci

05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
	Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=6b, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00005fff [size=8K]
	Memory behind bridge: c1900000-c99fffff [size=129M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cda00000-00000000d59fffff [size=128M]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Upstream Port, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Capabilities: [600] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

06:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: c1900000-c19fffff [size=1M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Downstream Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

06:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Physical Slot: 2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=08, subordinate=38, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff [size=4K]
	Memory behind bridge: c1a00000-c59fffff [size=64M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cda00000-00000000d19fffff [size=64M]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Downstream Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

06:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Physical Slot: 3
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=39, subordinate=39, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: None
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Downstream Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

06:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Physical Slot: 4
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=3a, subordinate=6a, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff [size=4K]
	Memory behind bridge: c5a00000-c99fffff [size=64M]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d1a00000-00000000d59fffff [size=64M]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Downstream Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

06:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Bridge [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Physical Slot: 5
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
	Bus: primary=06, secondary=6b, subordinate=6b, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: None
	Memory behind bridge: None
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [ac] Subsystem: Device 0000:0000
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Downstream Port (Slot+), MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

07:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 NHI [Falcon Ridge 4C 2013]
	Physical Slot: 0
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 54
	Memory at c1900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	Memory at c1940000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [88] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [c0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [a0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=16 Masked-
	Capabilities: [100] Device Serial Number 80-c1-31-40-e6-b7-d0-00
	Capabilities: [200] Advanced Error Reporting
	Capabilities: [300] Virtual Channel
	Capabilities: [400] Power Budgeting <?>
	Capabilities: [500] Vendor Specific Information: ID=1234 Rev=1 Len=050 <?>
	Capabilities: [600] Latency Tolerance Reporting
	Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
	Kernel modules: thunderbolt

Last edited by bmgxc9 (2017-06-03 05:03:07)

seth · 2017-06-03 06:43:31

wlp3s0: Failed to initialize driver interface

systemctl list-units | grep -iE '(wicd|conn|dhcp|net)'

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 06:53:38

seth wrote:

wlp3s0: Failed to initialize driver interface
systemctl list-units | grep -iE '(wicd|conn|dhcp|net)'

sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1c.2-0000:03:00.0-net-wlp3s0.device                                    loaded active plugged   BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC                                        
sys-subsystem-net-devices-wlp3s0.device                                                               loaded active plugged   BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC                                        
sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount                                                                         loaded active mounted   FUSE Control File System                                                  
dhcpcd.service                                                                                        loaded active running   dhcpcd on all interfaces                                                  
NetworkManager.service                                                                                loaded active running   Network Manager                                                           
systemd-timesyncd.service                                                                             loaded active running   Network Time Synchronization                                              
network.target                                                                                        loaded active active    Network

seth · 2017-06-03 07:13:27

As circleface told you before: stop nm and dhcpcd before testing a manual connection.

Also the presence of both is conflilctive and probably the cause for your initial failures.
Pick *one* service to manage your network, it doesn't matter which, but two or more will get into a race.

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 08:31:48

seth wrote:

As circleface told you before: stop nm and dhcpcd before testing a manual connection.
Also the presence of both is conflilctive and probably the cause for your initial failures.
Pick *one* service to manage your network, it doesn't matter which, but two or more will get into a race.

Results of attempt at manual connect after stopping NetworkManager and dhcpcd

[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ wpa_supplicant -i interface -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Could not read interface interface flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=interface disabled_11b_rates=0
Could not read interface interface flags: No such device
Could not read interface interface flags: No such device
Could not read interface interface flags: No such device
interface: Failed to initialize driver interface
[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ sudo wpa_supplicant -i interface -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Failed to open config file '/dev/fd/63', error: No such file or directory
Failed to read or parse configuration '/dev/fd/63'.

jasonwryan · 2017-06-03 08:35:24

Your interface is not called interface...

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 08:41:40

jasonwryan wrote:

Your interface is not called interface...

Silly me. Idk what I was thinking. one moment

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 08:48:12

[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ sudo ip link set wlp3s0 up
[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ ip link show wlp3s0
2: wlp3s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether a4:5e:60:be:66:43 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Could not set interface wlp3s0 flags (UP): Operation not permitted
nl80211: Could not set interface 'wlp3s0' UP
nl80211: deinit ifname=wlp3s0 disabled_11b_rates=0
wlp3s0: Failed to initialize driver interface
[bmgxc9@bmgxc9-arch]: ~>$ sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Failed to open config file '/dev/fd/63', error: No such file or directory
Failed to read or parse configuration '/dev/fd/63'.

Last edited by bmgxc9 (2017-06-03 08:50:12)

seth · 2017-06-03 08:50:18

sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus YOURPASSWORD!!!!)

first, redirection doesn't work with sudo (at least not this way) and second: YOU POSTED YOUR PASSWORD! Do edit your post asap.

Edit, ok, you noticed that ;-)
Try "sudo su" for a root shell or use a file based config

Last edited by seth (2017-06-03 08:51:25)

jasonwryan · 2017-06-03 08:51:31

Make some effort yourself; this error is explicitly mentioned on the wiki page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WP … passphrase

Don't be a help vampire.

bmgxc9 · 2017-06-03 09:02:40

[root@bmgxc9-arch]: /home/bmgxc9># wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase ATT856-plus somepassword)
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
wlp3s0: Trying to associate with SSID 'ATT856-plus'
wlp3s0: Associated with 40:a5:ef:21:12:1a
wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=40:a5:ef:21:12:1a reason=0 locally_generated=1
wlp3s0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed - pre-shared key may be incorrect
wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="ATT856-plus" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=WRONG_KEY

It's basically giving me the same problem as always, indicating I have input the wrong passkey when this is the same passkey I have put in all of my devices and can visually see as the correct pass key when I go to the repeater's local IP address.

This is the same error I get when I try to connect through NetworkManager, too.

Last edited by bmgxc9 (2017-06-03 09:03:12)

seth · 2017-06-03 09:17:23

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 7#p1112237 ?
Also see the last tip in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WP … passphrase (though I don't recall the formerly posted password to be "odd")

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