Cannot connect to wifi via command line












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I am simply trying to connect to my WPA2 network using the command line. I have tried what seems like everything for the past few hours, but no success.



Attempt #1



So I have tried to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file with the following information:



auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

       wpa-ssid "my ssid with spaces"

       wpa-psk "my cleartext password"


Tried to bring the interface down with ifconfig down and ifup -v wlan0, only to be presented with this error:



ifup: configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)

/bin/run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave

+ [ inet = meta ]

+ IF_BOND_SLAVES=

+ [  ]

+ [  ]

+ [ -z  ]

+ exit

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/macchanger

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant

wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver nl80211,wext (default)

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -C /run/wpa_supplicant

Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1

ifup: failed to bring up wlan0


Attempt #2



Next, I tried to use wpa_supplicant instead.



# wpa_passphrase "my ssid with spaces" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

<my cleartext password followed by Enter>


I tried to start wpa_supplicant using the following command: wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dnl80211 only to be presented with the following output:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #3



I have also tried to just use iwconfig from the command line, but that doesn't ever work either:



# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid with spaces" key "cleartext password"

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :

    invalid argument "cleartext password".


Attempt #4



Not sure what I did differently, but now wpa_supplicant seems to associates to my AP and then disassociates. I have verified that the password is correct as well. Here's the output of running it without specifying a driver in command line arguments:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #5



Now I'm trying to use wpa_cli and it seems like it's associating, bu disassociating again. I see that auth_failure = 1 but this can't be right because I just literally pasted the password on my laptop and connected just fine, pasted it into the CLI and it failed.



<3>Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

<3>Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="my ssid with spaces" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS


What am I doing wrong? It seems like just simply getting connect to Wi-Fi via command line is proving to be extremely difficult. I am using a Gigabyte Mini-PC.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.






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  • I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 20:55











  • Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:00











  • Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 21:08













  • yep I do. is that a bad thing?

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:08
















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I am simply trying to connect to my WPA2 network using the command line. I have tried what seems like everything for the past few hours, but no success.



Attempt #1



So I have tried to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file with the following information:



auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

       wpa-ssid "my ssid with spaces"

       wpa-psk "my cleartext password"


Tried to bring the interface down with ifconfig down and ifup -v wlan0, only to be presented with this error:



ifup: configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)

/bin/run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave

+ [ inet = meta ]

+ IF_BOND_SLAVES=

+ [  ]

+ [  ]

+ [ -z  ]

+ exit

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/macchanger

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant

wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver nl80211,wext (default)

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -C /run/wpa_supplicant

Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1

ifup: failed to bring up wlan0


Attempt #2



Next, I tried to use wpa_supplicant instead.



# wpa_passphrase "my ssid with spaces" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

<my cleartext password followed by Enter>


I tried to start wpa_supplicant using the following command: wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dnl80211 only to be presented with the following output:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #3



I have also tried to just use iwconfig from the command line, but that doesn't ever work either:



# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid with spaces" key "cleartext password"

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :

    invalid argument "cleartext password".


Attempt #4



Not sure what I did differently, but now wpa_supplicant seems to associates to my AP and then disassociates. I have verified that the password is correct as well. Here's the output of running it without specifying a driver in command line arguments:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #5



Now I'm trying to use wpa_cli and it seems like it's associating, bu disassociating again. I see that auth_failure = 1 but this can't be right because I just literally pasted the password on my laptop and connected just fine, pasted it into the CLI and it failed.



<3>Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

<3>Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="my ssid with spaces" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS


What am I doing wrong? It seems like just simply getting connect to Wi-Fi via command line is proving to be extremely difficult. I am using a Gigabyte Mini-PC.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.






command-line networking network-manager







share|improve this question

























  • I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 20:55











  • Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:00











  • Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 21:08













  • yep I do. is that a bad thing?

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:08














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I am simply trying to connect to my WPA2 network using the command line. I have tried what seems like everything for the past few hours, but no success.



Attempt #1



So I have tried to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file with the following information:



auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

       wpa-ssid "my ssid with spaces"

       wpa-psk "my cleartext password"


Tried to bring the interface down with ifconfig down and ifup -v wlan0, only to be presented with this error:



ifup: configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)

/bin/run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave

+ [ inet = meta ]

+ IF_BOND_SLAVES=

+ [  ]

+ [  ]

+ [ -z  ]

+ exit

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/macchanger

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant

wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver nl80211,wext (default)

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -C /run/wpa_supplicant

Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1

ifup: failed to bring up wlan0


Attempt #2



Next, I tried to use wpa_supplicant instead.



# wpa_passphrase "my ssid with spaces" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

<my cleartext password followed by Enter>


I tried to start wpa_supplicant using the following command: wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dnl80211 only to be presented with the following output:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #3



I have also tried to just use iwconfig from the command line, but that doesn't ever work either:



# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid with spaces" key "cleartext password"

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :

    invalid argument "cleartext password".


Attempt #4



Not sure what I did differently, but now wpa_supplicant seems to associates to my AP and then disassociates. I have verified that the password is correct as well. Here's the output of running it without specifying a driver in command line arguments:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #5



Now I'm trying to use wpa_cli and it seems like it's associating, bu disassociating again. I see that auth_failure = 1 but this can't be right because I just literally pasted the password on my laptop and connected just fine, pasted it into the CLI and it failed.



<3>Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

<3>Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="my ssid with spaces" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS


What am I doing wrong? It seems like just simply getting connect to Wi-Fi via command line is proving to be extremely difficult. I am using a Gigabyte Mini-PC.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.






command-line networking network-manager







share|improve this question
















I am simply trying to connect to my WPA2 network using the command line. I have tried what seems like everything for the past few hours, but no success.



Attempt #1



So I have tried to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file with the following information:



auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

       wpa-ssid "my ssid with spaces"

       wpa-psk "my cleartext password"


Tried to bring the interface down with ifconfig down and ifup -v wlan0, only to be presented with this error:



ifup: configuring interface wlan0=wlan0 (inet)

/bin/run-parts --exit-on-error --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ethtool

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ifenslave

+ [ inet = meta ]

+ IF_BOND_SLAVES=

+ [  ]

+ [  ]

+ [ -z  ]

+ exit

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/macchanger

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools

run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant

wpa_supplicant: wpa-driver nl80211,wext (default)

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant -s -B -P /run/wpa_supplicant.wlan0.pid -i wlan0 -D nl80211,wext -C /run/wpa_supplicant

Starting /sbin/wpa_supplicant...

wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start

run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1

ifup: failed to bring up wlan0


Attempt #2



Next, I tried to use wpa_supplicant instead.



# wpa_passphrase "my ssid with spaces" >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

<my cleartext password followed by Enter>


I tried to start wpa_supplicant using the following command: wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dnl80211 only to be presented with the following output:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: No network configuration found for the current AP

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #3



I have also tried to just use iwconfig from the command line, but that doesn't ever work either:



# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my ssid with spaces" key "cleartext password"

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :

    invalid argument "cleartext password".


Attempt #4



Not sure what I did differently, but now wpa_supplicant seems to associates to my AP and then disassociates. I have verified that the password is correct as well. Here's the output of running it without specifying a driver in command line arguments:



Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: SME: Trying to authenticate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

wlan0: Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

^Cnl80211: deinit ifname=wlan0 disabled_11b_rates=0

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING


Attempt #5



Now I'm trying to use wpa_cli and it seems like it's associating, bu disassociating again. I see that auth_failure = 1 but this can't be right because I just literally pasted the password on my laptop and connected just fine, pasted it into the CLI and it failed.



<3>Trying to associate with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 (SSID='my ssid with spaces' freq=5240 MHz)

<3>Associated with e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0

<3>CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=e8:fc:af:fa:e1:69 reason=3 locally_generated=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED id=0 ssid="my ssid with spaces" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=CONN_FAILED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=CORE type=WORLD

<3>CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE init=COUNTRY_IE type=COUNTRY alpha2=US

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-16 retry=1

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED

<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS


What am I doing wrong? It seems like just simply getting connect to Wi-Fi via command line is proving to be extremely difficult. I am using a Gigabyte Mini-PC.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.






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  • I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 20:55











  • Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:00











  • Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 21:08













  • yep I do. is that a bad thing?

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:08



















  • I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

    – dessert
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  • Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:00











  • Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

    – dessert
    Jan 24 at 21:08













  • yep I do. is that a bad thing?

    – user3447014
    Jan 24 at 21:08

















I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

– dessert
Jan 24 at 20:55





I always configure it using wpa_cli as explained here in the Arch Linux wiki, that’s simple and works exactly like that for Ubuntu as well.

– dessert
Jan 24 at 20:55













Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

– user3447014
Jan 24 at 21:00





Thanks for the suggestion, @dessert. Haven't used this command before but I'm also getting an error when using that. Going to update the original post.

– user3447014
Jan 24 at 21:00













Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

– dessert
Jan 24 at 21:08







Are you sure your router is set to allow new connections?

– dessert
Jan 24 at 21:08















yep I do. is that a bad thing?

– user3447014
Jan 24 at 21:08





yep I do. is that a bad thing?

– user3447014
Jan 24 at 21:08










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