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abyssaltheking

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Registered: 2024-02-05

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[SOLVED} Can't connect to half the websites I use normally

I'm quite new to Arch, but I think I know enough about it to start daily driving it. Yesterday, after I installed it, I connected to the wireless internet successfully using iwd. I go onto Hyprland, open FireFox, and.. I get a page saying I cannot connect to the page when I try to connect to DuckDuckGo.

Other webpages, such as the Arch wiki, YouTube, and Google, are working, but other websites, such as Reddit, Twitter/X, and, as mentioned, DuckDuckGo, won't let me connect. There's already a forum post on this (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=269145) but it didn't work for me, so I'm not sure what to do. I've enabled both systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved, but to no avail. Hoping to find an answer!

Cheers!

Last edited by abyssaltheking (2024-02-06 00:49:24)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED} Can't connect to half the websites I use normally

You enabled systemd-networkd, but did you configure it to actually do something? What you're seeing could easily be explained by only having IPv6 connectivity via SLAAC, but no IPv4 connectivity.

abyssaltheking

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Registered: 2024-02-05

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Re: [SOLVED} Can't connect to half the websites I use normally

No, I didn't, but I've disabled it now and haven't found an answer, but I also haven't rebooted. It gave me a warning saying that the triggering unit systemd-networkd.socket was still active.

I think the issue is the IPv4 connectivity though. I'm using iwd, how do I change that?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED} Can't connect to half the websites I use normally

IWD has a built in dhcp client you can enable, or you need to set up another external one. systemd-networkd, dhcpcd, dhclient, etc.

Edit: assuming you want dhcp, that is.

Last edited by Scimmia (2024-02-06 00:45:07)

abyssaltheking

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Registered: 2024-02-05

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Re: [SOLVED} Can't connect to half the websites I use normally

I enabled it, and now it works. Thank you!