#Trying to install Arch Linux on old macbook and having struggles connecting to wifi

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stone sentinel
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How old?

hasty raft
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2009 Macbook pro

stone sentinel
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Oohhhh

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Probably only supports 2.4ghz networks that have backwards compat with older wifi versions

hasty raft
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I mean, it was able to use the 5ghz network on other distros/macos

stone sentinel
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Interesting

tired aurora
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@hasty raft you could try offline installation of wpa_supplicant and see if it works

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.aw offline installation

vagrant nicheBOT
stone sentinel
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Yea imo iwctl was an odd choice for the installer

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Has iffy support compared to NM and wpa_s

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Probably good to go for a different networking tool, looks like you already checked rfkill and other basic troubleshooting

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Does it at least show in lspci?

tired aurora
hasty raft
hasty raft
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I think so?

stone sentinel
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the controller shows up yea

hasty raft
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Aight

stone sentinel
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you could look up the model and see if it has had issues in the past on linux

ancient glade
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you could tether the internet from your phone via usb

stone sentinel
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yea