Hey guys I just installed Arch Linux on my EHD. Got through the installation process alright, I have it all mounted to my drive, etc. The thing I can't figure out is how to set up wifi. I ran as many commands as I could find in Wireless_Setup, and I can see my driver listed, but there's nothing I can see to set it up. There's no wlan when I run ip link, instead there's only lo and enp0s25.
I have a Netgear USB wireless adapter for Xfinity wifi, and I don't have the means to set up Ethernet. Can't set up anything without wifi. Help please.

EDIT: I HAVE READ THE WIKI, BY THE WAY... PLEASE DONT RECOMMEND THE WIKI TO ME IT WILL NOT HELP. THANK YOU.

Do you know the details of your wireless network?
I would suggest if you are using a GUI to install NetworkManager. On KDE install kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement.

I have a brand new arch installation. The only thing I've done is mount my partitions. I can't really use pacman without internet.
What do you mean by details? It's a wireless xfinity modem. I'm not planning on handing out my IP Address, if that's what you mean.

(I'm also having problems booting Arch from my EHD, so help with that would be appreciated as well. I have my partitions set up with a boot flag on root, and my BIOS is set so that WD USB (my USB EHD) is set to boot after my disc drive and before my Internal HDD. It keeps booting windows after I select USB)

lol, you won't have an ip address if you're not connected?
I mean do you know what encryption it is and the SSID.
Do you have net-tools and wireless_tools installed? Can you run iwscan, ifconfig and iwconfig?

wrt EHD, create a new post, but you are the first time I've ever heard of someone trying to boot from an external...

Ha.

I haven't even installed the base system yet. I tried after I failed setting up my wifi, but it gave me a no wifi error. Idk about the commands you mentioned, I hadn't tried them and I don't have access to my computer right now. I know I saw the SSID and encryption in the Netgear Genie, but I can't recall it at the moment.

"Got through the installation process alright"
"I haven't even installed the base system yet."

These two statements contradict each other. tbh, I'll tell you right now Arch is NOT meant to be installed without the Internet. The easiest is to use an ethernet cable until you get wireless set up, that is what I do.

So, which is it ?.
Are you trying to get wifi working during the (initial) install phase ?.There are several links on that wiki page - one of which shows how to load modules manually (See the note that begins "udev is not perfect ...")

Whoops sorry stupid mistake. I feel like a troll now for starting this thread lol. I hadn't gotten arch completely installed yet, I apologize for that dumbass mistake. And yes, I am trying to get my wifi to work at the initial install phase bc I can't download the base without it

what is the output of

I have a USB dongle, so I use lsusb.
Output is

~lots of bus whatever device whatever~
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0846:9050 NetGear, Inc.
~lots more bus whatever device whatever~

(sorry, I don't know how to include code in my post)

Lspci gets nothing useful for me. This thread is solved, btw... I've read the wiki, I know what I've done wrong, and I'm doing my best to fix it.

That's usually what it is. Please mark thread as solved, thanks.

Sorry I marked it as solved yesterday, i guess it didn't save that way.