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aminepro

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[SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

I installed archlinux many times before, unfortunately using chatgpt cause I had no experience in using the internet, this is my first time posting for installation help.

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

What are the output of iwconfig and of ip addr
?

If iwconfig is not installed, what is the output of iw dev wlan0 info
You may need to change wlan0 to whatever it is called on your system -- that name will show up in the ip addr output.

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

iw isn't intalled either, I'll reboot to install from the iso system, ip add lists iwlan0 but no ip address
I don't how to post an image is there a way to copy paste the output here, maybe I'll share files from my laptop to my phone then past them here.

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

are there anyosther packages you want me to install as I'm still in the iso?

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

How are you controlling your WiFi?   Networkmanger with IWD?  Or IWD by itself?  What services did you have enabled?

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

I don't how to post an image

imgur.com and simply link it here.

ip a

is gonna be important, iwd will by default only provide a carrier ("wifi cable") for sth. like dhcpcd to obtain a lease (or you need to configure the link statically)
There's however https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd#En … figuration

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aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

sorry for taking too long, but what arg should I give to iw?

aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

I always use iwd alone

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

Nothing for now. Post the output of "ip a" and

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

If you need to manually transcribe that,

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print

will do as well (the rest is beautification)

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

here's ip add:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 64:49:7d:4f:17:35 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::6649:7dff:fe4f:1735/64 scope link proto kernel_ll
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

wait it worked after I added:
```
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
```
to /etc/iwd/main.conf

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

services:
/etc/systemd/system/autovt@.service
/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-userdbd.socket
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iwd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/user/pipewire.service.wants/wireplumber.service
/etc/systemd/user/graphical-session-pre.target.wants/xdg-user-dirs.service
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gnome-keyring-daemon.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/p11-kit-server.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pipewire-pulse.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pipewire.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/speech-dispatcher.socket
/etc/systemd/user/pipewire-session-manager.service

aminepro

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

Thanks guys I think the trick was in enabling the network configuration, now I'll remember that forever

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

wait it worked after I added:

There's also no other network managing service, nb. that iwd will not manage rj45 (ethernet with a cable that's not air)

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.
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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

I can't '_' when I start typing SOLVED the cusor do unexpected things and I start overwriting the Question. I'll try from desktop

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Re: [SOLVED] don't have ip address even when iwctl says that I'm connected

You might have to shorten the present subject a bit.

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