Arch Linux

Rah123

Member

Registered: 2026-04-05

Posts: 1

Arch linux uefi install

I can't connect to my wlan0
It stays down dormant
Can't up it using 'ip link set wlan0 up'

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,041

Re: Arch linux uefi install

Please post the output of ip link and ip addr

---

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

roachadam136

Member

Registered: 2026-01-01

Posts: 7

Re: Arch linux uefi install

use IWD to validate an SSID's credentials.

iwctl 

then while in the interactive prompt

station wlan0 connect "SSID"

then

dhcpcd wlan0

ping google.com

lemme know what happens

cryptearth

Member

Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,160

Re: Arch linux uefi install

ip link set wlan0 up

this is not part of https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Instal … e_internet
if you follow any other guide - go ask there for help - as manual ifup ... dude, it's at least a decade if not longer this was required - we're past those dark ages

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,726

Re: Arch linux uefi install

then

dhcpcd wlan0

No, do not use dhcpcd. The ISO already has systemd-networkd running for dhcp.