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mistcurve

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Registered: 2026-04-01

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[SOLVED] Issues setting up wifi Internet on new install

Hi! I'm typing this on my phone because I'm still setting up networking on my laptop as you can see...

I'm having issues setting up my Internet. Here are the steps I've tried to follow so far, along with some other stuff I tried yesterday. I've been generally trying to follow the wiki installation guide.

First, I check ip link: state DOWN mode DEFAULT

rf kill indicates everything is unblocked

log in as su

I run systemctl iwd.service

ip link: state UP mode DORMANT

iwctl

[iwd] station wlan0 scan
[iwd] station wlan0 connect MyRouter

ping ping.archlinux.org: Temporary failure in name resolution

I saw someone recommend pinging 9.9.9.9 to troubleshoot. I'm able to ping 9.9.9.9 without any issues.

I've also tried creating a /etc/iwd/main.conf file which sets EnableNetworkConfiguration=true and NameResolving Service=systemd

As a note, I had no issues accessing Internet through the live environment, following the same steps.

I hope someone can lead me in the right direction, I'm happy to provide any more info! Thanks. :)

Last edited by mistcurve (2026-04-02 12:55:22)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Issues setting up wifi Internet on new install

So you set NameResolving Service=systemd (which is default), is systemd-resolved configured and running?

mistcurve

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Registered: 2026-04-01

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Issues setting up wifi Internet on new install

So you set NameResolving Service=systemd (which is default), is systemd-resolved configured and running?

Nope Well, that was easy.

I read the section below, and took "this should work out of the box" and thought I was good.

So, do the systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved both need to be active every time? Now that I have that working, hopefully I should be able to configure it properly to work on boot. Thank you!

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Issues setting up wifi Internet on new install

resolved - unless you wanted to use resolveconf.
But not networkd, you configured iwd to configure the lease, don't run concurrent network configuration daemons.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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mistcurve

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Registered: 2026-04-01

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Issues setting up wifi Internet on new install

resolved - unless you wanted to use resolveconf.
But not networkd, you configured iwd to configure the lease, don't run concurrent network configuration daemons.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Thank you. I just updated the thread as solved ^^