aujat
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Unable to enable wifi interface "wlan0" in RaspberryPi 4 B [ARCH Linux]

Sat May 23, 2020 4:51 am

I have a RaspberryPi 4 B which runs Arch Linux for ARM.

I follow the installation steps provided by https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv ... berry-pi-4, It can boot successfully.

However, when I type `ip addr show`, it print out the following links for wlan0:

```
wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> ................. DOWN ........
```

While, the Ethernet interface is UP.

No matter how I enter `ip link set wlan0 up`, the status of wlan0 is still DOWN.

I login to this Raspberry through ssh via Ethernet interface.

How can I turn wlan0 up?

GizmoTheGreen
Posts: 28
Joined: Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:39 pm

Re: Unable to enable wifi interface "wlan0" in RaspberryPi 4 B [ARCH Linux]

Sat May 23, 2020 8:08 pm

I think easiest way is install netctl and dialog (will give you access to wifi-menu command) for easy wifi setup.
else you will have to use wpa_supplicant, you can find instructions on usage on arch wiki :)

I got an error trying to pass wpa_passphrase in command so I piped it to a txt file then used that in wpa_supplicant command instead (after -c put the filename)

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