Questions tagged [nmcli]
Nmcli (Network Manager Client) is a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager.
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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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What options are available for nmcli vpn.secrets?
I know that I can use nmcli to set my OpenVPN password and store it in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/myvpn as follows:
nmcli connection modify "myvpn" vpn.secrets "password=mypassword"
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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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Find out password incorrect in nmcli
I use bash script for connect to wireless network with nmcli .
I can do it
but when i want to connect to network with wrong password
the output of command does not return error that say this
and i ...
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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)....
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What is the purpose of olpc-mesh connection in nmcli
nmcli proposes a connection type olpc-mesh.
How does it differ from ad hoc networking and in which situation is this connection type used?
From man nmcli:
type olpc-mesh ssid SSID [channel 1-13] [...
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How to connect to a hidden network with nmcli?
I can connect to a hidden network knowing the SSID that the router/hotspot has set:
CONNECTION_NAME=hidden-wifi
INTERFACE=wlp0s20u1
nmcli con add type wifi ifname $INTERFACE con-name $CONNECTION_NAME ...
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Wpa_supplicant configuration file for open hidden network [duplicate]
I am unable to connect to a open hidden network (without password) The network is the following (from iwlist wlan0 scan)
Cell 0 - Address: 11:22:33:44:55:66
Channel:5
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nmcli shows nothing
I have a strange scenario over here:
If I run nmcli dev wifi list it shows me a list of all networks which is fine. As soon as I add the device (wlan0 in my case) to the /etc/network/interfaces file ...
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How to generate a hotspot that does not requires password?
Is there a way to create a hotspot that doesn't have a password?
The "hotspot command" of nmcli :
wifi hotspot [ifname ifname] [con-name name] [ssid SSID]
[band {a | bg}] [channel channel] [...
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Remove secondary IP with NetworkManager / nmcli
I tried to assign a static IP to my Ubuntu 16.04 server using nmcli, which worked but it still has the original IP reserved as a "secondary" IP. I'm not sure how to get rid of it. 10.163.148.36 is ...
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Connect to hidden wireless network on nmtui
I'm running fish shell on TTY in Fedora.
I have nmtui (Network Manager with text user interface) installed.
I can activate connections.
I want to connect to a hidden wireless network with WPA2 ...
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Add default route without gateway nmcli
I'm trying to configure NetworkManager to perform the following action for an interface
ip route add ::/0 dev he-ipv6
he-ipv6 is a point-to-point ipv4 sit mode tunnel and running the above command ...
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nmcli do not show wlan card in user scope
I am using NetworkManager Applet 0.8.1, centos 6.4 x86_64. nmcli version 0.8.1-107.el6. This is seems the latest version for this system release edition.
I am using edup ep-n1572 wifi card with chip ...
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Purpose of ipv4.dns-option in nmcli
dns-options can be changed for connection name myname to the value value using
nmcli con modify myname ipv4.dns-options value
Using interactive mode, I get a short description of what dns-options ...
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Nmcli different on Linux Mint 17 than Ubuntu 16.04
I use to connect to add a connection with nmcli on Ubuntu with
nmcli con add
It appears that those options have disappeared on the Linux Mint 17 nmcli version:
# nmcli con help
Usage: nmcli ...
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How to set wireless key with nmcli interactively and securely without entering it in the command
I can set my wifi key of the connection my_connection to my_password by running
nmcli con modify my_connection wifi-sec.psk my_password
How can I have a secured interactive password reading from ...
