Hi,
I am running Debian on an embedded system, it does not have NetworkManager, it runs wpa_supplicant, but no IP address:
# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr cc:1b:e0:a0:13:7f
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
I added wpa_passphrase to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="MyWiFiNetwork"
psk=795f1ead4308b9ea2b51dc9bc79a46241141935f41e9fc736a741331cfbb80e1
}
Could not get IP after running dhclient
# dhclient -v wlan0
Listening on LPF/wlan0/cc:1b:e0:a0:13:7f
Sending on LPF/wlan0/cc:1b:e0:a0:13:7f
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
I can ensure you my wifi works, I can run the same dhclient on my laptop running on ubuntu 18.04 which is able to connect to my WiFi:
$ sudo dhclient -v wlp2s0
Listening on LPF/wlp2s0/9c:b6:d0:8e:f3:d5
Sending on LPF/wlp2s0/9c:b6:d0:8e:f3:d5
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlp2s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 (xid=0x2766654)
DHCPREQUEST of 192.168.0.104 on wlp2s0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 (xid=0x54667602)
DHCPOFFER of 192.168.0.104 from 192.168.0.1
DHCPACK of 192.168.0.104 from 192.168.0.1
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
bound to 192.168.0.104 -- renewal in 43040 seconds.
Why doesn't the Debian work?
Thank you.
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[Software] No IP address for WiFi
Re: [Software] No IP address for WiFi
You have to start wpa_supplicant, try first manually, then add to
I have changed to iwd/iwctl, but you find plenty of examples how to use wpa_supplicant.
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/etc/systemd/network/
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Re: [Software] No IP address for WiFi
I do minimal installs so I generally use a quick and dirty config in /etc/network/interfaces until I get things going and some network manager installed. Not messing with wpa_supplicant, I let Debian do that
Note that my wpa-psk is hashed - you don't need to do that, especially if the entry is temporary. A plaintext key will work just as well but if your key has spaces in it *don't* enclose the key in quotes.
Hope this helps -
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auto wlp2s0
allow-hotplug wlp2s0
iface wlp2s0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid ssid-goes-here
wpa-psk 32e1d4c0b9a27c37faecabf486837d4532fe8c715c68043a129b8b130f4c1b39
Hope this helps -
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