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firekage

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From: Eastern Europe, Poland

Registered: 2013-06-30

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Wireless network configuring - no connection

Hi guys. I would like to ask for your help.

Recently i installed Arch linux on Acer Aspire One D270 via USB and while installing it via USB i could connect to wireless network and download packages. But after finishing installing, when i rebooted and logged into my created earlier account i cant connect to wireless network.

ip link

command shows that wireless wlp2s0b1 interface is UP - unfortunaltely across the reboots i have to up it manually, don't know why.

lspci -k

command shows that network controller is found and kernel driver: bcma-pci-bridge with kernel module: bcma is in use.

As soon as i type wifi-menu i can scan my netoworks, thery are being found. I choose my network, type in password and as soon as i do that, i have connection failed.

It is hard me to copy outputs because there is no graphical interface right now (another problem, GMA 3600 lost support with fdev and i could not for now install GUI).

Could somebody help?

Interface is up, networks are found but i thing that it is related, somehow, to password typed in because if i boot it via USB, and do wifi-menu, type password it just works. So what i'm doing wrong for the past 2 days? I read a lot www, ArchWiki and similat topics and nothing works.

systemctl --type=service

shows that network profile is marked as RED, inactive and failed to load, start.

Last edited by firekage (2020-03-15 11:43:04)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Wireless network configuring - no connection

command shows that wireless wlp2s0b1 interface is UP - unfortunaltely across the reboots i have to up it manually, don't know why.

That's normal, the interface will be set down at boot unless you have a service enabled to bring it up.

lspci -k

command shows that network controller is found and kernel driver: bcma-pci-bridge with kernel module: bcma is in use.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Use the -nn option to find the vendor & product IDs for the device so that you can check if the correct driver is loaded.

As soon as i type wifi-menu i can scan my netoworks, thery are being found. I choose my network, type in password and as soon as i do that, i have connection failed.

You have to set the interface down before using wifi-menu: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … ice_failed

It is hard me to copy outputs because there is no graphical interface right now

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

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firekage

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From: Eastern Europe, Poland

Registered: 2013-06-30

Posts: 628

Re: Wireless network configuring - no connection

Thank you for help.

That's normal, the interface will be set down at boot unless you have a service enabled to bring it up.

Ok, i saw that if i enable NetworkManager my wireless LED is on, when NetworkManager is disabled the LED is off. I though that usin netctl would bring it up all the time. As i think, it is not possible using netctl? Using netctl in my opinion is easier than nmcli - commands are shorter.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Use the -nn option to find the vendor & product IDs for the device so that you can check if the correct driver is loaded.

Yes i checked it also like that.

You have to set the interface down before using wifi-menu: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … ice_failed

Well, i saw that on the ArchWiki, i read it and it confused my earlier. I had it disabled, and when trying to start it this behaviour was all the time. When i use nmcli and put password connection is being estabilished and it took some time, but with wifi-menu right on the spot is "connection-failed" so i think that it is something wrong with wifi-menu and password protected network.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

Thanks.

I did something more. I stopped using netctl. I enabled NetworkManager. I connected to wireless network using nmcli from NetworkManager and i connected succesfully to a wireless network. I saw that it works across reboots when i connected via nmcli - whonder were are profiled stored (have to check /etc/NetworkManager) becasue using netctl profiles are created in /etc/netctl and we can see them.

Last edited by firekage (2020-03-15 13:19:11)