can't connect to Wifi during installation

[junior stag]

trying different things
What things

[livid dawn]

Different troubleshooting from archwiki / different commands to check my wifi hardware/ adapter / drivers

[frigid parcel]

@livid dawn what Nyasaki is asking for is the list of commands you tried, preferrably with their output

[livid dawn]

Ah sorry. I tried too much to remember, I only recall ip link

[frigid parcel]

could you perhaps do device list in iwctl?

[livid dawn]

Did it first thing

[junior stag]

oh

i think u are using it wrong

what did u type to connect to the wifi?

[livid dawn]

I didn't connect to anything. No networks were showing

[frigid parcel]

this is bad form, please show the entire screen, not just half the screen

[junior stag]

is the interface up?

[livid dawn]

Yes it's up

[livid dawn]

It's the whole screen. I included everything

[junior stag]

state is missing

[frigid parcel]

you quite clearly did not lol

[junior stag]

Its down

[livid dawn]

Bruh... I looked online and they said the UP thing should be inside the brackets

What should I do next ?

[junior stag]

set it UP

[livid dawn]

How !?

[junior stag]

https://linux.die.net/man/8/ip

[frigid parcel]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#Check_the_driver_status

if part of that is unclear please say what part

[livid dawn]

Nothing changed?

[junior stag]

Alright then

what packages did u install?

oh nvm its still in the iso

lspci -k

[junior stag]

RTL8723BE

Is that correct?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208472
Did u try this?

[livid dawn]

Ye it's correct and yes I did try it

[junior stag]

sudo modprobe rtl8723be ant_sel=2
This?

[livid dawn]

Wait no no hold up

Lemme check again

Oh man that was super confusing. But I typed the comment command / the one you just sent me

I'll go to iwctl to check again?

[junior stag]

Yes

[livid dawn]

Still nothing. I tried with both antenna

1 and 2 and still no network available

[junior stag]

try after a reboot with 2

[livid dawn]

Alrighty

Didn't work

Tried with both 1 and 2 after rebooting 2 times and still nothing

[frigid parcel]

guessing you can't just hook up an ethernet cable?

[junior stag]

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/n2isku/wifi_issues/

[livid dawn]

Nope

[frigid parcel]

Is there any chance this is a laptop that simply required you press the WiFi button down?

(If yes and you’re not sure on the button show a picture of the keyboard

[livid dawn]

Hey. Just bought an Ethernet cable and I could install it now normally

Thanks for the help @frigid parcel and @junior stag

[fiery dirge]

vegancookies, and nyasaki received a thank you cookie!

[frigid parcel]

Can you get wifi working on your installed system?