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peonerovv

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Registered: 2021-08-11

Posts: 34

[CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

Hi.

I had some internet issues and someone recommended installing iwd instead of wpa_supplicant. I followed the instructions on a webpage that I can't find now and ran into a problem of being unable to connect to internet. The iwctl tool shows that I am connected, but this isn't true. I also can't find a way to connect back. Can someone help me with this? Both solving the iwd problem or going back to wpa_supplicant is fine with me.

Thanks.

Edit:
I close this thread because I later reinstalled system from the ground up, as I was in kind of a hurry, thus resolving the issue.

Last edited by peonerovv (2021-10-21 20:17:09)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

You need to configure iwd for internet access https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd#En … figuration

Not quite sure what you mean with you don't know how to go back to wpa_supplicant? Uninstall iwd and install wpa_supplicant?

peonerovv

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Registered: 2021-08-11

Posts: 34

Re: [CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

Well, how am I supposed to install wpa without internet?

cloverskull

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Registered: 2018-09-30

Posts: 277

Re: [CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

Can you be more descriptive about your actual problem? When you say you can't connect to internet, what's the error message or specific behavior you're seeing?

Can you, for example, ping 8.8.8.8? Maybe it's just DNS?

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

The wpa_supplicant package will be in the system's package cache from when it was previously installed unless it has since been removed from the cache.  So it can be reinstalled with `pacman -S wpa_supplicant`.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [CLOSED] Iwd doesn't work and I don't know how to switch back to wpa

If you did remove wpa_supplicant from the cache, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tethering and of course you can download the package on a different system and usb-walk it over.

But also pay attention to cloverskull's post. Another issue might be that you've associated w/ the AP but not requested a lease, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd#En … figuration
How did you confiure the network when using wpa_supplicant?

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