wireless not working...

[jimi_hendrix]

hi so i just installed arch over ubuntu

the install went well and now im looking at a command line trying to set up my internet because apparently i messed something up with the script during install

so while looking at a bunch of tutorials i try and run the iwconfig command but bash says its not found

any pointers (tried the wiki and arch forums...kinda last shot here)

[fwojciec]

On my system:
$ pacman -Qo /usr/sbin/iwconfig
/usr/sbin/iwconfig is owned by wireless_tools 29-2
In other words -- package "wireless_tools" provides this particular tool. Maybe you didn't install it for some reason during the initial installation...

[jimi_hendrix]

well since i cant access the internet i cant get to the repo...so what should i do?

[fwojciec]

It's somewhere on the install CD, I imagine, so you should be able to mount the cd manually and install the package from there using pacman -U /path/to/package.pkg.tar.gz.

[jimi_hendrix]

ok one last thing then...how will i find the package?

[jimi_hendrix]

got it

but new problem

when i enter iwlist scanning it says

wlan0 interface doesnt support scanning : Network is down

when i am posting this from the same network

[fwojciec]

You probably need to bring the interface up first: "ifconfig wlan0 up" as root.

[jimi_hendrix]

i get this back


SIOCSIFFLAGS : No such file or directory

[fwojciec]

I don't know what sort of wifi hardware you have, but it sounds like, for example, you haven't installed the correct firmware package or something like this. You should search Arch wiki and forums for information specific to your wifi chipset.

[jimi_hendrix]

thanks i got it to work

[jimi_hendrix]

ugg i had to reboot and i forgot how i got connected...now i get that same error about how network is down