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I read all of the Arch Linux Documentation on how to get the wifi working and it's not the easiest to understand. If I understand it correctly you need to set up the wifi one of the three ways. Wicd, iw, or wpa_supplicant.
No offense but those commands don't work in arch. It uses iw, I'm trying to use wpa_supplicant because according to the wiki if you use wpa you have to. I can get this far
the problem is the portion that starts with a n. That's suppposed to be the accesspoint discovery but when I run the commands to find it I can't, even though it's picking up all my networks. I've been reading a lot about it and I have found some posts where they solved it but they don't give the solution. Others were just too old. I'm using a wired connection. Thanks
No offense but those commands don't work in arch. It uses iw, I'm trying to use wpa_supplicant because according to the wiki if you use wpa you have to. I can get this far
the problem is the portion that starts with a n. That's suppposed to be the accesspoint discovery but when I run the commands to find it I can't, even though it's picking up all my networks. I've been reading a lot about it and I have found some posts where they solved it but they don't give the solution. Others were just too old. I'm using a wired connection. Thanks
I'd tell you to just install then package but that is silly, you got no wifi. So, then why not try what arch has to say about it then?
rfkill - but chances are the package that deals with that called, rfkill is not installed as that is more common place then not in every Linux Distro I've tried.
Code:
rfkill list all
#to see if it actually is blocked
#if yes then.
rfkill unblock all
as root or sudo.
Quote:
userx@slackwhere⚡️~⚡️$ sudo rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
I googled "arch linux Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 arch linux driver" because that is what it is looking like it is boiling down to? Their were a few hits for this Intel 3160 and archLinux issues. you'd probably be better off looking into that yourself, because that is all I can do is google for you.
I do not know dick about ArchLinux - but if it has NetworkManager - that is what I always use, it always deals with wifi rather well. it does whatever s needed to connect other then selecting the provider.
It's not that easy in arch. It has network manager also. The problem is you still need wpa_supplicant. I tried googling some more but the posts I found were old. Arch now (supposedly) has built in support. I've been messing with this for too long. Any suggestions about other distros that would be challenging but not impossible?
It's not that easy in arch. It has network manager also. The problem is you still need wpa_supplicant. I tried googling some more but the posts I found were old. Arch now (supposedly) has built in support. I've been messing with this for too long. Any suggestions about other distros that would be challenging but not impossible?
anyone you want to download give a try and see what happens. The choice is yours really.
I'd suggest straight Debian, Slackware, VOID before going with the "knockoffs."
the problem is the portion that starts with a n. That's suppposed to be the accesspoint discovery
no, that's supposed to be the driver you use, and from your post #1 i see that your wireless uses a different driver.
in fact it seems you simply copied over text from "man wpa_supplicant".
i also suspect that you don't necessarily need to specify the driver at all.
i also don't think your interface is called "wlan0".
from rfkill output, i'd say "phy0", but make sure with the command "ip link".
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