Re: iwx problem with 7.8

Thanks. My apologies for the silly mistake.

Peace

On Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 5:24 PM Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> wrote:

On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 04:55:49PM +0530, Pehlunaam wrote:
> Peace,
>
> Cannot get wireless networking to work on HP EliteBook with Intel AX200
> card.
>
> # ifconfig iwx0 nwid "name" wpakey paswd
> # dhcpleasectl iwx0
> ..........
> iwx0 [Down]
> # ifconfig iwx0
> iwx0: flags=808843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF4> mtu
> 1500
>  lladdr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>  index 1 priority 4 llprio 3
>  groups: wlan
>  media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (HT-MCS3 mode 11n)
>  status: no network
>  ieee80211: nwid "name" chan 3 bssid XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX 86% wpakey wpaprotos
> wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp !wpakey

The !wpakey at the end of the above line tells us that you are using
an incorrect WPA passphrase.

If the passphrase looks correct, try wrapping it in quotes on the
ifconfig command line (and also in /etc/hostname.iwx0).