How to setup the wifi into DEBIAN Raspbian?

Xeratul · 09-28-2023, 02:58 AM

Hello,

How to setup the wifi into DEBIAN Raspbian? (wlan0)

There is no raspi-config ...

Kind regards

business_kid · 09-28-2023, 04:51 AM

You shouldn't have to. There's networkmanager in their window manager which lets you choose a network and enter a password.

If there's no raspi-config it makes me wonder how complete your install is. That would be a very good reason for lack of wifi.

fatmac · 09-28-2023, 06:49 AM

These may help...

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

https://raspberrytips.com/configure-wifi-debian/

Xeratul · 09-28-2023, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

These may help...

https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

https://raspberrytips.com/configure-wifi-debian/

systemctl replaces wpa_supplicant right ?

fatmac · 09-28-2023, 09:28 AM

No idea - I use Devuan these days, & it 'just works' for me....

michaelk · 09-28-2023, 01:41 PM

Quote:

How to setup the wifi into DEBIAN Raspbian?

Raspbian is based upon debian and is now called Pi OS. There is also a debian arm version. It is important to know the actual version you are running.

If you are actually running raspbian there should be a network icon in the upper panel next to the clock. If you click on that you should be able to setup wifi. Do you have a directory/file like

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Xeratul · 10-23-2023, 06:34 AM

This is the command to bring up the wifi :

ip link set wlan0 up

https://wiki.somlabs.com/index.php/C...wpa-supplicant

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
update_config=1

network={
  ssid="<NETWORK_SSID>"
  psk="<NETWORK_PASSWORD>"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  proto=WPA2
  pairwise=CCMP TKIP
  group=CCMP TKIP
  scan_ssid=1
}

Create the /etc/systemd/network/25-wlan.network file:

Code:

[Match]
Name=wlan0

[Network]
DHCP=ipv4

Enable the wpa_service for the wlan0 interface:
Restart the systemd-networkd and wpa_supplicant services:

Code:

systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
systemctl restart systemd-networkd.service
systemctl restart wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service

business_kid · 10-23-2023, 09:45 AM

Do you know Debian bookworm is out and presumably available for all boxes? For My Pi 4 it's 2023-10-10-raspios-bookworm-arm64-full.img and for sure it does have networkmanager.

rclark · 10-23-2023, 10:51 AM

PI OS Bookworm is out and I have the 64bit version running on a PI-4. Networking has 'changed'

now that they went to Network Manager. Use the application 'nmtui' to configure your networking now instead of raspi-config or modifying the files directly with a text editor. BTW raspi-config is still in the new PI OS. Not sure why your not seeing it. I REALLY dislike going to NM as I was used to the old way (could jump into the files) which worked just fine. To change to a different network model just for the heck of it seems stupid to me

. Not broke, ... so why 'fix' it?

It is supposed to work on all platforms (pick the 32bit unless rpi-4, rpi-5).

craigevil · 10-23-2023, 02:18 PM

You can setup wifi when you Imager. That way when you first boot rpios it will already be working.
The new rpios Bookworm is nice, although it does have bugs.
One of the nice things about it, both Chromium and Firefox support drm.

business_kid · 10-23-2023, 02:39 PM

On RPi OS boo0kworm, you can simply dd the image,

Code:

dd if=<image> of=/dev/sdX bs=1M status=progress

Point at the sdcard, not any partition of it.
and the first boot follow the prompts to set up the network. If you know your own SSID and password, it's a breeze.

rclark · 10-23-2023, 02:48 PM

Quote:

You can setup wifi when...

What good does that do when you don't even have a 'user' setup yet? Since I run most of my RPIs headless, I used to be able to to just ssh (place ssh empty file in /boot and after finding which IP was assigned) into the RPI to set it up with default user 'pi'. Now, with Bookworm, I have to setup a keyboard/mouse/display to initially configure the RPI with a user and the networking.

. Doable, but not as easy as it was before Bookworm.

niceflipper8827 · 01-03-2024, 10:18 PM

Just because pure Debian might be a little more challenging than Rasbian doesn't mean anyone who is up for a challenge could even possibly turn out to be a very beneficial learning experience for the OP. I know that when I first tried Linux especially Debian and was damn near frightened right back to MS Windows but I powered right on ahead and wound up not only learning how things are done in a different operating environment but also myself as a person and my tenacity.