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WiFi in Live Arch Linux

The challenge I faced while installing Arch Linux in a laptop is the very first step of connecting to a network.
The Arch wiki for iwd is excellent, but it is missing a small troubleshooting message.

Even after scanning your device using station wlan0 scan, if the list of available networks (station wlan0 get-networks) is blank, then do the following.

  • Exit out of the iwctl instance.
  • Start iwd.service
systemctl start iwd.service
  • Enter into iwctl and restart the device.
device wlan0 set-property Powered off
device wlan0 set-property Powered on

Ref:
- https://joshtronic.com/2021/11/21/connecting-to-wifi-with-iwd/