Questions tagged [nmcli]
Nmcli (Network Manager Client) is a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager.
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wireless fails to start as access point / hotspot
I am trying to turn my 2nd wireless device into an access point / hotspot.
# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
Bus 001 ...
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Differance between ip4 and ipv4 addresses, nmcli?
When creating new interfaces with nmcli, ip address can be set with both ipv4.addresses and ip4 parameter.
Is there a differance between these?
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nmcli con add ifname ens192 con-name ...
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Poor connection with WLAN using multiple hotspots, all on same channel [closed]
I'm having problem getting a reliable connection on the hotel WiFi. nmcli device wifi list shows three networks with the same SSID on the same channel:
>nmcli device wifi list
SSID MODE ...
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Static route added with nmcli not showing up
root@Andromeda:~# nmcli con show "Wired connection 1" | grep -i routes
ipv4.routes: --
then ...
root@Andromeda:~# nmcli con modify "Wired connection 1" +ipv4.routes "188....
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How to use nmcli to always connect to vpn when using certain wifi?
So using nm-applet its quite easy to save vpn connection and username+password of the connection and then automatically connect to it when using certain wi-fi connection. So it will always ...
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Networkmanager: apply property to ALL wireless connections for a particular interface
I'm trying to bond the ethernet and wifi on my laptop. A bond can be setup with
nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlps3s0 master bond0 ssid $YOURSSID
(see Bonding wired and wireless while using ...
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The *correct* way to require root for changes via nmcli to NetworkManager
What is the correct way, with a single command or a small polkit addition, to limit all unprivileged users to read-only usage of nmcli?
Edit: Allowing only a privileged unix group, in addition to ...
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How do I connect to wifi using nmcli on slackware? Re: DHCP client
I've just installed Slackware 14.2, and I'm trying to get everything working. I started out trying to use KDE, but I like the command line better anyway, because it doesn't hide so much from me.
So, ...
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Adding / Removing addresses to connections via network manager cli (nmcli)
I am going through some official Linux Foundation exercises / documentation.
In a lecture about adding / removing an ip address to an existing connection, the following example is cited:
sudo nmcli ...
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Network Manager not controlling any connections
I have created a vagrant machine and ssh-ed into it.
network-manager was not installed, therefore I proceeded with apt update && apt install -y network-manager
However, there seem to be no ...
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How to detect when NetworkManager loses Wi-Fi connection?
What is the best approach to monitor NetworkManger connections and detect when the Wi-Fi connection has dropped?
My goal is to attempt reconnecting after a certain number amount of time disconnected, ...
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How do you find the static (and dynamic) information about the network currently connected to?
Is there some command (on Linux) which report the static (and dynamic) information about the network currently connected to? For example, BSSD, encryption method (WPA, or ...), and more. In particular ...
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nmcli won't let me remove DNS entry from /etc/resolv.conf
Centos 7.5, nmcli version 1.20.2
Whenever I try to remove entries from /etc/resolv.conf I get the following errors.
[root@client ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
search home
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Tagging inteface traffic to VLAN in Linux based virtual router
I have alpine linux running on virutalbox which works as gateway for my other virtual instances resides on the virtualbox. technically alpine running as virtual router with ip forwarding and ...
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How do I configure the network from command line in CentOS 7
Is there a command that will configure the network in CentOS7 persistently (survives reboot) ?
I want to write a script to do this and I'd rather avoid echo'ing output to a config file. Can this be ...
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Find Wifi encryption type
While I working on a shell script, I need to display SSID,Passphrase,Encryption-type of connected wifi. I got SSID & Passphrase in output but I unable to display encryption-type.
Which command ...
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Get connected Wi-Fi network signal strength with nmcli
I'm able to get the signal strength of all Wi-Fi networks with the following command:
$ nmcli -t -f SIGNAL device wifi list
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Cannot connect to WiFi with nmcli, although secrets are provided
I am using nmcli on ArchLinux (version 1.14.5dev+17+gba83251bb-1 from the official package repository) to connect to wifi. This works perfectly for all wireless networks apart from this one Vodafone ...
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nmcli - save wifi connection
I used command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager (nmcli) to "Turn On Wi-Fi Hotspot", like following:
# nmcli device wifi hotspot ssid X password X ifname wlan1
Device 'wlan1' successfully ...
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Realtek Wifi interface is not stable in Kali linux [duplicate]
I have a kali linux system(VM) and I added realtek wireless adapter to it and same is detecting as a wireless interface
ip address
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3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 ...
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Limit `nmcli dev wifi` to display one entry per unique SSID
When I use the graphical interface to NetworkManager (via the tray icon), it displays around 10
SSIDs (for my current location). However, when I use nmcli dev wifi it
returns around 55 entries. The ...
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How to use nmcli to remove 802.1x security via command-line
How can I use nmcli to remove the 802.1x security completely from the connection? I need the equivalent of selecting "Off" for 802.1x Security option on the Security tab of the Wired connection.
I ...
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Use nmcli to display the status of a connection
I'm wondering how to display a connection status using nmcli. I understand that the following will display a list of configured connections:
nmcli con show
And I also understand that the following ...
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nmcli lists connection profile, but does not show in nmcli con show
When I run nmcli con show it returns
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
bond0 a8489b17-71bc-441d-981c-f3fe3184fdd7 bond bond0
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Edit hotspot settings with nmcli [closed]
Using this command, I created a wifi hotspot on my Debian server. However, I set the password to a 7-digit one, so I couldn't connect with my Debian laptop. I did the command again, setting the ...
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nmcli turning on wifi interface
Recently I founded some problems with connecting to wifi with my bcm4312 card.
It works with nmcli tool, which sets up the device with 'nmcli radio wifi on'
Then I need to make 'dhclient wlan0' to ...
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need to configure a static ip using nmcli but can't see how
I'm trying to create a static ip using nmcli in CentOS 6.9 but couldn't do so, as the man nmcli is not showing enough options like the online examples. To make you all to understand I'll paste the man ...
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How can I find out what plugin is missing in nmcli?
I'm trying to reuse an old Asus EEE "a-la-RaspberryPi", as a small, single task unit. Since I am familiar with Fedora, I have installed Fedora 27 on it via VNC (the default graphical installer is too ...
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Unable to delete “Wired connection 1” using ncmli
Log:
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
Wired connection 1 d1b2ff35-4d72-3bd5-a8e2-d3d9fefce205 802-3-ethernet eth2
admin 6186afb2-7253-...
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Can't disconnect with nmcli
In the past this command has worked well for me, when disconnecting from a network without turning off my wifi interface:
nmcli con down id MyWifiName
When I run it now I'm getting:
Error: '...
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Connect to WEP/WPA without nmcli?
I'm facing an issue where nmcli stops working on a custom rockchip controller.
When running nmcli dev wifi, I get no results so I had to start using iwlist scan. Is there something similar for nmcli ...
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Advice for debugging a network interface?
I'm working on an embedded device running Ubuntu 14.04.
When I first logged in I had no problem using nmcli dev wifi and it would return 3 results. (Though the wifi card must be weak as my laptop ...
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nmcli disconnect without turning wifi card off?
My wifi card keeps connecting to a wifi network which is on a channel that prevents me from making a hotspot.
I'm trying to turn the connection off from command line. I have tried a few things:
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A command to switch airplane mode in gnome?
I am looking for a single command that switches airplane mode on/off. Actually I want to manipulate my fn+f10 key to switch airplane mode. I tried to add custom shortcut from gnome settings but it ...
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How to connect to Wi-Fi through wpa_supplicant, dhcpcd or nmcli?
I use Funtoo Linux, clone of Gentoo with git instead of rsync and some bug-fixes (as I read).
I've installed LXDE desktop, NetworkManager but the applet does not connect when I type Wi-Fi password. ...
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Where is the list of access points stored?
Where does nmcli and iwlist stored the cached list seen access points: in a common file or in volatile memory?
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Setting up a wireless connection from the command line on Debian
I have a laptop with a proprietary Intel wifi card that I am trying to use to connect to a WPA/WPA2 network (called simply "Network")
I've installed iwlwifi, net-tools, and network-manager
I ran ...
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CentOS 7.3 interface name changes every reboot
I have this annoying problem that every time I restart my CentOS7.3, my interface name changes (all of them). Here is how I use my CentOS7.3:
Host Machine: CentOS7.0
VM: CentOS7.3 (recently updated, ...
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Unable to list available access points through `nmcli device wifi list` command on Debian and Pointlinux
Pointlinux recognizes some wireless networks, but does not recognize certain one that has same Security as other recognized network (WPA1).I proved this with Fedora and Pointlinux writing in Terminal: ...
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Wifi through terminal connected but no internet (Ubuntu Server)
I'm running Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS and I'm trying to use internet through WiFi I already have a working internet connection with an ethernet cable on the same machine.
I'm running into a weird issue ...
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Possible to use keyboard instead of mouse to reconnect wifi in fedora 26?
Periodically my wifi connection stops working, e.g. pinging the station drops all packets, but the interface still has it's ip address, routes are ok, etc. This is very easy to fix with a mouse: I ...
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Add ipv6 static route without subnet nmcli
What is nmcli command to implement the following:
ip -6 r add 2a00:xxxx:xxxx::1 dev eth0
RedHat documentation insists on using network specification but I can't produce another working
ip -6 r add ...
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nmcli centos with wrong general.type
I am trying to configure a centos machine to use wifi via a usb wifi dongle. I have plugged the thing in and got the drivers working
# iwconfig
ra0 Ralink STA ESSID:"" Nickname:"MT7610U_STA"...
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NetworkManager: Set current connection of device as metered
With NetworkManager, how do I set the currently connected connection on my device (say wlp2s0) as metered?
How do I unset it in such a way that guessing of the metered/unmetered state will still ...
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nmcli command takes only first string of ssid? [closed]
The below nmcli command to connect to WiFi doesn't connect if it has more than one word as ssid name?
nmcli device wifi connect my homewifi password mypass
NOTE:
SSID name: my homewifi (bad since ...
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dracut-initqueue[588]: RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable
A CentOS 7 host needs to install a CentOS 7 guest operating system using virt-install and a kickstart file. Then BOTH the HOST and the GUEST need to be accessible via ssh using separate public static ...
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Use nmcli without X interface
I have a xubuntu virtual machine, when it's booted to xfce4, I connect to it via SSH.
When I try to use nmcli, it complains:
%> nmcli con up myvpn
Error: Connection activation failed: Not ...
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Modify vpn-secrets with nmcli [duplicate]
I'm trying to modify [vpn-secrets], as mentioned here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/198136/error-when-trying-to-connect-to-vpn-on-startup
However, nmcli complains about it,
%> sudo nmcli con ...
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Use nmcli to modify VPN password?
With nmcli, I can modify VPN data like this:
nmcli con modify myvpn vpn.data 'refuse-pap = yes, user = xxx'
So I'm wondering if I can set password this way as well?
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Can I connect to a hidden wifi without knowing the ESSID?
Is it theorically possible to connect to a hidden wifi without giving the ESSID?
The way I connect to a hidden wifi requires to give an SSID (nmcli refuses to have a blank 802-11-wireless.ssid field)....
