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/