Arch Newbie

songangel · 04-27-2010, 10:04 AM

Hey guys,

I just downloaded the core USB image and installed arch. I have the drivers for my wireless USB card but iwconfig doesn't seem to be installed.

I installed both core and dev but didn't think to check if wireless tools were checked for install or if they're even included in the image.

Is it possible that it was just unchecked? If so, how do install them. I'd hate to have start over at this point because I can't connect to the arch repo to download additional packages.

songangel · 04-27-2010, 12:04 PM

Ok I found this from the Arch website installation guide:

Quote:

Note: If connection to a wireless network is required, install wireless_tools. Some wireless interfaces also need ndiswrapper and/or a specific firmware. If you plan to use WPA encryption, you will need wpa_supplicant. The Wireless Setup page will help you choose the correct packages for your wireless device. Also strongly consider installing netcfg, which will help you set up your network connection and profiles.

So apparently I didn't select wireless_tools as indicated. Can't I mount the installation media again and install using Pacman?

pixellany · 04-27-2010, 02:03 PM

I'm not sure that wireless tools is on the CD. Assuming that you have a regular (wired) connection, just install it from the repositories.

Normally, when setting up Arch, I do a full system upgrade from the repos before installing anything else.

sushiyant · 04-29-2010, 10:00 AM

Hi to all
I think you not installed wireless_tools . if you want to have iwconfig you must install wireless_tools (pacman -S wireless_tools)

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