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2 Methods to Connect WiFi Using Terminal in Arch Linux and Other Distros

This guide is ideal for those scenarios where you are stuck with a terminal without any GUI and no other wired internet connectivity is available. These steps help you to manually detect the wireless card and device and connect to the WiFi hotspot with password authentication via the terminal.

This guide uses iwd (Net Wireless Daemon) and nmcli to connect to WiFi via a terminal.

Connect to WiFi Using Terminal in Arch Linux and Other Distros

Method 1: Using nmcli

In the first method, try using connecting nmcli. The nmcli is a command-line tool used to create, display, edit, delete, activate, and deactivate network connections and control and display network device status.

It’s part of the networkmanager package. The following method will only work if you have NetworkManager installed. Make sure you have enabled any mobile hotspot or WiFi connection.

To connect to WiFi using the terminal, type the following:

It should give you the list of access points.

If it’s not showing your wifi access point, try to rescan again:

And use the list command to see if your connection is visible. Once it shows, use the following command to connect with the user id and password.

nmcli device wifi connect access_point_name password your_password

Replace the access_point_name with the SSID of your connection in the above command and use your password. And you should be connected.

To verify the connection, run the following command:

You should see the connected access point in a different font/colour.

Now, you can carry on with your task.

Method 2: Using iwd

1. Setup iwd

The iwd package comes with three main modules:

iwctl : The wireless client
iwd: The Daemon
iwmon : Monitoring tool

If you get a command not found, then you need to download the package from here.

So get help from any other system/laptop with an internet connection to download and install the package via mounting the USB.

Alternatively, if you have a USB dongle with the internet, then plugin that into your system. And install via the below commands.

The USB dongle should work out of the box in Arch and most Linux systems today to connect to the internet.

Debian, Ubuntu, and other similar distributions

If you get an iwctl prompt (like below), then proceed to the next step.

2. Configure

Run the below command to get your system’s wireless device name.

To get the list of WiFi networks, run the below command. Replace wlan0 with your device name on the below command and all the following commands.

station wlan0 get-networks

The command gives you the list of available WiFi network with security type and signal strength.

Connect

To connect to the WiFi network, run the below command with the WiFi access point name from the above “get-networks” command.

Enter your WiFi password when prompted.

If all, goes well you should be connected to the internet.

Usage Guides

• You can check the connection using a simple ping command as follows. The ping replies successful packet transfers for a stable connection.

• The iwd keeps the configuration file at /var/lib/iwd as a .psk file with your access point name.

• This file contains a hash file that is generated using the password and SSID of your WiFi network.

• Press CTRL+D to leave from the iwctl prompt.

Wrapping Up

I hope this guide helps you to connect to the internet via the terminal. This helps when you have no other way to connect to WiFi. For example, if you are installing Arch Linux in a stand-alone system (not a VM), you need to connect to the internet to download packages via a terminal using pacman .

If you face any trouble, mention the error messages in the comment box below.

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Поднять wifi на свежем arch

pacman, естественно, ругается на отсутствие инета. Есть телефон, usb шнур, wifi. Витой пары нет ( Как лечить?

Скачать с лайва и подсунуть пакману https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dialog/
Только не Debian LXDE, в нем вместо NM — Wicd, который телефон тоже не видит.

Оке. На телефон я скачаю. Но, как его подсунуть пакману?

Установить локальный пакет не из репозитория (например, для пакетов из AUR):

sudo pacman -U /путь/к/пакету/имя_пакета-версия.pkg.tar.xz

Не знаю, что за wifi-menu в арче, но в дебиане можно прописать сеть в /etc/network/interfaces, поднять интерфейс (при этом запустится wpa_supplicant.

Только я хз, как найти этот путь к файлу на телефоне. Гугл говорит, что нужны жоп пакеты, чтобы зайти на телефон, которые я выкачать не могу

Загрузиться с флешки > подключиться к wifi > сделать arch-chroot > установить нужное > перезагрузиться.

Кроме почти работающего Арча на винте больше никакой ОС-и нет?

А можно подробнее? Спасибо

Пример конфига для wpa_supplicant:

wpa_supplicant -c wifi.conf -i wlan0 -B

Всем спасибо! Сделал через chroot как Shein советовал.

Первый способ уже подсказали, сделать чрут из лайва, установить пакеты

sudo pacman -Sy wpa_supplicant dialog

Далее уже можно пользоваться wifi-menu

Второй способ, скачать где-то пакеты и принести их на флешке

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