Laptop without wireless connection

[Breizh29]

Hi,

I just installed gentoo for the first time on a laptop and after reboot I have no wireless connection.
I don't have access to Network Manager or netifrc and I think my only choice is to use wpa_supplicant with WPA/WPA2 and dhcpcd support. The kernel is gentoo-kernel-bin.
Can someone tell me the exact procedure to follow?

The solution I used in the network configuration chapter of the gentoo handbook at the beginning of the installation does not work:

nano -w ./network
network={
ssid="my_ssid"
psk="my_password"
}

wpa_supplicant -i wlp3s0 -c ./network -B
dhcpcd wlp3s0

Can someone tell me the exact procedure to follow?

[dE_logics]

To be very honest, I would suggest you stick net-misc/networkmanager and use it's GUI (or nmcli). You'll be saving a lot of headaches for years to come (especially with things like Netplan floating around).

Ok, you don't have a GUI. So you use nmcli and use AI to generate commands to connect to your wireless network.
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[eeckwrk99]

[flexibeast]

Breizh29:

Your post mentions 'wlp3s0', so i presume the interface is available in general, i.e. it's listed in the output of `ip a`? If so, can you confirm that the appropriate firmware package for your wifi adapter has been installed, if necessary? If so, does the output of `rfkill` list the interface as soft- or hard-blocked?

[lars_the_bear]

Hi

FWIW if it's just a matter of getting a wireless internet connection working to run a set-up, I find this procedure works for me. This is not in any way specific to Gentoo.

1. Create a wpa_supplicant config file with one line:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

(/var/run has to exist).

2. Start wpa_supplicant:

wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /path/to/config_file

Of course, wlan0 might not be the right interface in other cases. You might need to install some kernel modules to get the interface to be available, depending on your hardware.

3. Bring up the interface

wpa_cli -i wlan0 set_network 0 ssid [my_ssid]
wpa_cli -i wlan0 set_network 0 psk [my_password]
wpa_cli -i wlan0 enable_network

At this point the wifi adapter should associate to the access point. Then

dhcpcd

or a bunch of iwconflg commands to set the IP, router, DNS, etc.

I wouldn't like to do this as a routine procedure on a desktop system, but I've found it works in an emergency.

BR, Lars.

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