Make Sure Packages Are Installed

Network Manager is the most simple network utility that I have found.

Start/Enable Network Manager Service

If you haven’t yet you can enter:

# systemctl start NetworkManager.service

to start the network manager daemon.

Start Network Manager

You can use the curses tui:

# nmtui

and use the menus to create/activate a new connection. or you can use the cli:

  • # nmcli device wifi list to scan for networks
  • # nmcli device wifi connect <SSID_or_BSSID> password <password> to connect to a network.
  • ping www.google.com to test the connection.

see the arch wiki for a detailed list of nmcli commands.