Wifi suddenly not working after moving ,I have no idea why or where to start to fix the issue | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 5:30 PM

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My wifi card wasnt supported when i first set up my wifi and so i got a usb adapter , Someone reccomended i use cluade to guide me it didnt really help it just had me do things to no avail ,

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If possible can somoene maybe quide me and teach me as we go so i learn

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 5:54 PM

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ripe scroll My wifi card wasnt supported when i first set up my wifi and so i got a usb adap...

That’s a stupid suggestion from that person.

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 5:55 PM

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ripe scroll If possible can somoene maybe quide me and teach me as we go so i learn

Check lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net?

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 5:57 PM

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feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 5:58 PM

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ripe scroll

You made a typo.

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:00 PM

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Where ?

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:01 PM

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ripe scroll Where ?

Are you blind? lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:01 PM

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feral ibex Are you blind? **`lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net`**

Yeah right eye lol

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:03 PM

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ripe scroll Yeah right eye lol

Output???

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:03 PM

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feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:04 PM

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ripe scroll

How about ip link?

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:06 PM

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It shows the usb

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feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:09 PM

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ripe scroll It shows the usb

Run sudo ip link set wlp3s0f3u4 up and check after ip link show wlp3s0f3u4

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:12 PM

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Still down

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feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:13 PM

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ripe scroll Still down

What do you use for Network Management?

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:14 PM

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NetworkManeger

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Although i think tgere might be others i saw when i was following cluade

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:14 PM

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ripe scroll NetworkManeger

Check nmcli dev wifi list

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 6:17 PM

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Its not showing my home wifi for some reason

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feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:43 PM

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ripe scroll Its not showing my home wifi for some reason

Can you connect to other Wi-Fi networks other than your home one?

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 6:44 PM

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ripe scroll

Run sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

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And after that run

nmcli radio wifi on
nmcli dev wifi list

ripe scroll Apr 14, 2026, 7:04 PM

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feral ibex Can you connect to other Wi-Fi networks other than your home one?

Not really i dont have the others passwords

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There we go now it shows

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Should i use nmtui

feral ibex Apr 14, 2026, 9:18 PM

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ripe scroll Should i use nmtui

Yeah, sudo nmtui

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 7:55 AM

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feral ibex Yeah, `sudo nmtui`

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ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 9:12 AM

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This was the issue i ran into before i got suggested cluade

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:28 AM

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Have you reset your router at all in this time?

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They can easily get weird

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:30 AM

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I moved and the router was pff during moving

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Would that have done anything

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:30 AM

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Possibly

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All signs show working wifi but it can't see your network, which can have a variety of causes

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First thing I'd be checking is the router

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:31 AM

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ripe scroll Its not showing my home wifi for some reason

It keeps showing dowm

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:32 AM

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Devices might show DOWN if they're just not connected

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:32 AM

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ripe scroll There we go now it shows

You would not get a scan like this if it wasn't lined up correctly

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:34 AM

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I see

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:34 AM

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rugged geyser First thing I'd be checking is the router

How would i go about that

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My phone is connected doesnt that mean its fine ?

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:35 AM

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Routers can be complex and finnicky things

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Seeing as this is a laptop, have you tried scanning/connecting from a different spot in the house?

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:35 AM

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Ill try

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:37 AM

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tbh it could be those ones at the top of your scan, without SSIDs

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:38 AM

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rugged geyser tbh it could be those ones at the top of your scan, without SSIDs

Wdym

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Nah still and im right next to it

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:38 AM

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Ok so you're at least seeing it there

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What about the 2.4g one, same thing?

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:40 AM

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Yep

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:43 AM

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Got a phone or other device you can hotspot and connect into to make sure the wifi is OK?

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Also systemctl status NetworkManager.service and systemctl status iwd.service would be good to see

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:45 AM

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rugged geyser Got a phone or other device you can hotspot and connect into to make sure the wi...

My laptops bluetooth doesnt work since its connected to my wifi card and my wifi card isnt supported on arch i use a usb dongle

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ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:46 AM

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ripe scroll

What am i looking for

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:46 AM

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I dunno what you ran there

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this is the sorta thing I expected to see

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:47 AM

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rugged geyser I dunno what you ran there

Systemctl status

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:48 AM

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Specifying the services is important

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:48 AM

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Oh

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:49 AM

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and systemctl status iwd.service ?

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I have a vivobook too btw. It's bendy. If i pick it up by a corner it clicks the mousepad

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And it makes me semi surprised that whatever onboard wifi it has doens't work with linux apparently

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:51 AM

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:51 AM

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Ah, mediatek 🙄

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:51 AM

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ripe scroll

OK that's good

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:51 AM

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rugged geyser Ah, mediatek 🙄

Its so annoying

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I heard some people replaced their wifi cards with others cus of this issue

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:52 AM

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rugged geyser I have a vivobook too btw. It's bendy. If i pick it up by a corner it clicks the...

No way

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:52 AM

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rugged geyser OK that's good

What now ?

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:53 AM

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I'll admit I'm running out of ideas

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What happens if you try to connect to another router?

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Same "network not found" error, or does it say "secrets not provided" ?

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:54 AM

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Ill try

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I dont know the others passwords just my home wifis

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:55 AM

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Hmmmmmm that does make me more sus of what your router might be doing

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:56 AM

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:57 AM

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I feel that makes your router being weird somehow a lot more likely

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 10:57 AM

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rugged geyser Hmmmmmm that does make me more sus of what your router might be doing

I mean my families wifi works fine although they run windows

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Also laptops

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 10:59 AM

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At least reboot your router I think

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So I triple boot on one of my machines, and a while back windows and arch worked fine, but my gentoo install just would not see my wifi at all (I could see all my neighbours). It wouldn't even appear in nmtui or nmcli d w l as it does for you

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I spent ages trying to work out what I'd done wrong on gentoo, but rebooting the router made it appear 😄

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I guess it had something to do with conflicting hostnames or something. Routers are weird

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 11:00 AM

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Okay ill give it a shot and see what happens

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 11:00 AM

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From what I've seen (and ALPHA checked with you, they're switched on) you're set up OK linux-wise

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 11:01 AM

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Cus now like you say the wifi isnt showing

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 11:09 AM

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Hmm one more thing to check I guess is that there are no other connections stepping on this one somehow

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nmcli connection show

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But as I say, I'm out of ideas really. 🤔

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 11:13 AM

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Okay so

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I rebooted the router then restarted Network manager and it showed i tried connecting put in the password now im here

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AYYYY IT WORKS

rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 11:22 AM

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Ahaaa

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 11:22 AM

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rugged geyser But as I say, I'm out of ideas really. 🤔

Thanks

thin terraceBOT Apr 15, 2026, 11:22 AM

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rugged geyser Apr 15, 2026, 11:22 AM

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Routers!

ripe scroll Apr 15, 2026, 11:22 AM

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rugged geyser Routers!

Pain in the ass

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