Solved: thanks to u/[email protected]; remember to add these USE flags to wpa_supplicant
net-wireless/wpa_supplicant wps wep ap fasteap eap-sim tkip uncommon-eap-types
I am facing this peculiar issue that i can connect to every WiFi connection except my router, it’s a recent gentoo install with no display server, i am using a D-link WiFi USB card
What I have tried:
- using
iw dev (device) scanto list the ssid and try connecting with wpa_supplicant- dhcpcd waits for connection then times out (does connect succesfully to my phones hotspot)
- gave up and spent 3 hours compiling NetworkManager
- every ssid shows up in
nmcli dev wifi listexcept my router - forcing a connection passing bssid shows id not found
- manually setting the connection using
nmcli addalso does not work iw dev (device) scanlists my routers ssid along with others- nothing is blocked in NetworkManager and I spent hours going back and forth with chatgpt trying to force a connection to no avail
- every ssid shows up in
- tried changing router setting(including changing broadcasting channels verifying, black lists etc)
What i have ruled out
- its not the dlink wifi card or the laptop, I can connect to my router just fine using nmcli in a live fedora instance on the same laptop
I have tried every conceivable thing and I cant find what the issue is, it’s like my router and Gentoo have some bad blood between them
its the 3rd day for me, so as I said i don’t want to recompile anything right now
yes, exhaust all of the the other troubleshooting advice that the others gave you in this post before going down this rabbit hole; i only suggested it because it worked for me the last time i used gentoo, in my example.