can't get wireless to work

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 08:35 AM

ifconfig to get your interphase name. The psy0 is just a psychical connection 0 - I'd say a zero based numbering system.

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 09:29 AM

WPA supplicant

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 01:39 PM

As I stated in an earlier post the problem starts with the n and the numbers after it. I don't know what to put. and as I discovered it is not wan0. it has a different name but at the moment I can't tell you because I was in a chroot enviroment.

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 01:56 PM

wlan0 for most -- I have a distro that names my wifi card bsd style -- I do not know how Arch names its devices.

again sudo ifconfig gets you the device name
this gives detailed step by step on how to it is ArchLinux how to
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 02:12 PM

I have followed the wpa_supplicant and everything else I could find until I think I am losing my mind. Literally for two days I got up at 5 a.m. skipped breakfast and lunch so I could keep working on what to do. And once gain arch uses iw.

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsth123

I have followed the wpa_supplicant and everything else I could find until I think I am losing my mind. Literally for two days I got up at 5 a.m. skipped breakfast and lunch so I could keep working on what to do. And once gain arch uses iw.

that ArchLinux webpage is for archlinux by archlinux you show you're using wpa_supplicant not iw if they are not the same. I do not use wpa_supplicant I stop doing that a long long time ago. Opted for something easier to setup.

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 02:25 PM

I meant it does not use ifcong it uses iw. I'm through with arch. Onto something else.

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsth123

I meant it does not use ifcong it uses iw. I'm through with arch. Onto something else.

are you sure you spelt it right wlan0 not wan0
google what arch uses for name wifi device.

in my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is this

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
#i ran this
userx@slackwhere⚡️~⚡️$ sudo  wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
#then ran this
userx@slackwhere⚡️~⚡️$ sudo wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.6

Selected interface 'wlan0'

Interactive mode

> scan
OK

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 02:46 PM

Code:

userx@slackwhere⚡️~⚡️$ sudo iw dev
phy#0
	Interface wlan0
		ifindex 2
		wdev 0x1
		addr 00:24:d7:cf:9e:a4
		type managed
		channel 11 (2462 MHz), width: 20 MHz (no HT), center1: 2462 MHz
		txpower 15.00 dBm

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 03:12 PM

I tried what you said but it must be different in arch. Accordung to the arch wiki everything worked fine until I got to wpa_cli. After that I'm supposed to get > instead I get

Code:

wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.6
Copyright (c) 2004-2016, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.



Interactive mode

Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 03:12 PM

double post

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 03:20 PM

use sudo -- (root) see if that works. it is a root thing --

you did all of this right right?

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root

Code:

userx@slackwhere⚡️~⚡️$ sudo  wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

where in their instructions it states to create a .conf file with this

Code:

/etc/wpa_supplicant/example.conf

ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1

are you using sudo or root user to issue your commands?

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 03:26 PM

Code:

                           interface  -c path to conf file
 sudo  wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

#so yours should look like this

 sudo  wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/example.conf

BW-userx · 03-13-2017, 03:38 PM

Enabling and disabling network interfaces

You can activate or deactivate network interfaces using:

Code:

# ip link set eth0 up
# ip link set eth0 down

where your wifi should then be this
as root or using sudo

Code:

#ip link set wlan0 up
#wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/example.conf
#wpa_cli

bsth123 · 03-13-2017, 04:04 PM

Code:

wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.6
Copyright (c) 2004-2016, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors

This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
See README for more details.



Interactive mode

Could not connect to wpa_supplicant: (nil) - re-trying

I'm running this as root