How to connect to wifi using nmcli?

asked 2015-02-21 22:41:09 -0600

riclags
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updated 2015-03-01 05:25:24 -0600

I installed Fedora Server on my computer and I want to connect to a WiFi network but I am confused on how to use nmcli command.

My interfaces, I suspect that wireless interface is down:

$ ip addr
...
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:16:cf:b9:a4:cd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

My configured connections:

$ nmcli con show
NAME      UNAME           TYPE               DEVICE
wpl3s0    63e04cee-...    802-11-wireless    --

The status of devices:

$ nmcli dev status
DEVICE    TYPE    STATE        CONNECTION
wlp3s0    wifi    unmanaged    --

I do a nmcli dev wifi list but no results. The command nmcli radio wifi gives enabled. I then try doing:

$ sudo ifup wlp3s0
Error: no device found for connection 'wlp3s0'

So how do I assign a device to connection 'wlp3s0'?

Also, I am not even sure if I'm doing the right thing so please enlighten me.

Updates: 2015-03-01

I still haven't figured this out so I tried connecting to WiFi manually (without using the nmcli tool).

$ sudo ip link set dev wlp3s0 up        # bring up the 'wlp3s0' interface
$ sudo iwconfig wlp3s0                  # check interface
wlp3s0    IEEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated    Tx-Power=17 dBm
          Retry short limit:7    RTS thr:off    Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
$ sudo iwlist wlp3s0 scanning           # scan for ESSID; it finds "my-ssid"
wlp3s0    Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: ...
                    ...
                    ESSID:"my-ssid"
                    ...
$ sudo wpa_passphrase "my-ssid" > wpa_config_file
sudo: wpa_passphrase: command not found
$ which wpa_supplicant
/usr/bin/which: no wpa_supplicant in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:...)

Could the lack of wpa_supplicant be the reason I can't connect? And why isn't this installed by default? How do I install it if I can't connect to the Internet? Any help is appreciated.

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strange statement yours, if you can write here you are connected (friends, uffico, mobile). uses this connection to download the installation dvd and after:

yum localinstall [path of rpm file]

mclmmc ( 2015-03-02 11:10:50 -0600 )edit

I am facing similar issue :(

sagarun ( 2015-03-06 22:39:50 -0600 )edit

What worked for me was to install wpa_supplicant and NetworkManager-wifi

Kakao ( 2015-06-14 15:21:22 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-02-24 09:53:42 -0600

covex
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If this is unmanaged by NM there may be some reason behind it like the device is not working properly.

Try to see:

journalctl -r -u NetworkManager.service

If wifi is ok, just unmanaged, then ifup may not be the best tool to use as this is only a bash script wrapping the configs in /etc/sysconfig/networking, try commands like

ifconfig wlp3s0 up
iwconfig wlp3s0

For nmcli check http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Networking/CLI

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Output of journalctl -r -u NetworkManager.service:

... (wlp3s0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
... (wlp3s0): new Generic device (driver: 'ath9k' ifindex: 3)
... (wlp3s0): carrier is OFF
... (wlp3s0): 'wifi' plugin not available; creating generic device

Not sure what to make of that...

riclags ( 2015-02-25 09:29:03 -0600 )edit

yum install NetworkManager-wifi

covex ( 2015-02-26 12:44:57 -0600 )edit

I can't. I'm not connected to the Internet so it throws an error when I do any yum <command>...

riclags ( 2015-03-01 05:07:03 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-03-02 05:27:49 -0600

MJG
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To check whether your wifi card is on and working at all, I suggest you do

iwlist wlp3s0 scan

That will also show you whether your box sees your wifi network, and its networkname. If that works, you can add a connection with

nmcli conn add <parameters>

where for the specific parameters I suggest to consult the man page of nmcli. It will probably be something like:

nmcli conn add type wifi con-name <connectionname> ifname wlp3s0 ssid <wifinetworkname>

After that you can bring it up with

nmcli conn up <connectionname>

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I already did this an I get an Error: no device found for connection 'my-connection'. How do I associate a DEVICE to my connection (as I've mentioned in my question, the DEVICE column shows a -- under 'my-connection')?

riclags ( 2015-03-03 08:07:29 -0600 )edit

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answered 2016-05-11 23:02:16 -0600

tdmsilvino
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I finally found the problem, wpa_supplicant was not running.

Try this: sudo systemctl start wpa_supplicant.service

Now check the wifi list again: nmcli dev wifi list

Connect to the network like this: nmcli --ask connection up

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I'm running CentOS 7, minimal install, on a System76 laptop and was seeing the same error messages when running all the same commands. This solution worked for me. Thank you!

rebeccajcoleman ( 2017-08-18 09:52:32 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-10-24 11:01:03 -0600

CatherineB
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I had a similar problem setting up a CentOS 7 minimal install on an old Gateway netbook. The netbook has only a wireless card (no ethernet port) so, like riclags, I couldn't install the NetworkManager-wifi package.

A USB-2-to-Ethernet adapter solved my problem instantly. I wasn't certain that the new hardware would be recognized by Linux, but it was. I connected the netbook to an Ethernet port on my WAP; it was automatically added as a new device and connection, and I was in! Five minutes later, I had installed Network-Manager-wifi, and I had wireless access, too. The adapter cost all of $9.99 on Amazon. Hope that info will help someone!

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answered 2016-02-24 07:22:42 -0600

jsedlak
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Check whether you aren't missing wifi plugin for NetworkManager, run dnf install NetworkManager-wifi.

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answered 2017-02-24 16:41:12 -0600

HD Scania

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root@HDscania# nmcli d DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION lo loopback unmanaged -- root@HDscanisa# iwlist iwlwifi scan && iwlist wlp1s0 scan iwlwifi Interface doesn't support scanning. wlp1s0 Interface doesn't support scanning root@HDscania: lspci -vv | grep Wireless 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel™ Centrino wireless-N 130 rev 34 Subsystem: Intel™ Centrino wireless-N 130 BGN Kernel modules: iwlwifi root@HDscania: ifconfig iwlwifi up iwlwifi: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device root@HDscania: ifconfig wlp1s0 up wlp1s0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

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