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basdk

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Registered: 2021-02-22

Posts: 4

Wifi is generating a lot of config files

Hi i'm new on arch linux(less than 1 year)
When i open the configuration for Wifi i found a lot of config for the same SSID
So if i have a Wifi called "NETGEAR_EXAMPLE" after a while that i use it i'll found like 20 configs
i don't know if is a bug of KDE(my DE), anyone know where are stocked the config files for each wifi?

Thanks

finoderi

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Registered: 2020-06-12

Posts: 76

Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

Usually people configure network while installing their system. So you miraculously managed to install Arch and ended up with working wifi without knowing what those peculiar numerous configs are?

Last edited by finoderi (2021-02-22 12:50:15)

basdk

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Registered: 2021-02-22

Posts: 4

Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

I think you din't really got my problem, or maybe you did i just didn't got your answer
If i wasn't enough clear here some explanation
When installing arch i managed to connect all fine with iwd after i did this install used network manager(as i remember)
My actual problem is something like this:
when i want to connect to a wi-fi it actually generate a new configuration for this wifi without using the configurations files and with long time this make things like that
https://imgur.com/OZVzCSa
so my problem aren't config files for wifi but is more like a generation for specific wifi config
hope that helped sorry if you understand all at the first message and i'm just retarded

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

...using what for wifi?

basdk

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Registered: 2021-02-22

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Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

??

GaKu999

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Registered: 2020-06-21

Posts: 696

Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

??

It means, if you are using iwd or network manager in kde, I hope you don’t have both enabled...

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Heisenberg might have been here.

basdk

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Registered: 2021-02-22

Posts: 4

Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

No if i was like that i doubt i can use wifi
I only used iwd for the basic installation and after used networkManager, but i think i found the problem(or at least one of the problems) i'll update if needed

u666sa

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Registered: 2020-08-01

Posts: 70

Re: Wifi is generating a lot of config files

@basdk

I got what you saying and I understand your problem. Because I had something similar when I first installed arch via arch wiki. Actually I was unable to connect to wifi because I used iwd and when networkmanager was installed nothing was connecting.. This is what your problem is, you have installed, enabled and configured iwd, and network-manager is not configured to use iwd as backend.

Here is your solution.

sudo systemctl stop iwd.service

sudo systemctl disable iwd.service

reboot

Now your network-manager will be using wpa_supplicant to connect to wifi. (you dont' want iwd as your backend anyway, ask me why)

iwd you can keep as backup just in case it does not need to be uninstalled. Connections in network-manager you can delete, all of them.