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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 (Post 5682960)

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 (Post 5682966)

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

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