How to get wireless wifi to work after installing gnome on freeBSD
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zommyzomman · 2021-07-30 17:59

Hello I have used ethernet to install freeBSD and installing gnome
onto it once I reboot and get into gnome there is no option to connect
to wireless internet, is there a package im supposed to install like
networkmanager?

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[deleted] · 2021-07-30 18:34

Just use wpa_supplicant

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Xerxero · 2021-07-30 19:35

Maybe there is a GUI for wpa_supplicant

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glowiak · 2021-07-30 20:51

List network devices with 'sysctl net.wlan.devices'

I'll refer to your interface as $NETIF.

add to /etc/rc.conf

`wlans_$NETIF="wlan0"`

`ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"`

Save and exit;

add to /etc/wpa\_supplicant.conf

`network={`

<TAB>`ssid="<name of wifi network>"`

<TAB>`psk="<password of network>"`

`}`

Then type 'service netif restart'. Done. Btw The FreeBSD installer
allows you to choose wifi network, and you should use that.

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CoolHwhipMike · 2021-07-30 21:47

There is also networkmgr. It should just start on login and show up in
the status bar. That is developed by GhostBSD, I think, or at least
ships with it.

Edit: totally forgot that you don't have wifi in the first place, so
my answer won't work. However networkmgr is a nice gui to make
managing you wifi networks a little easier after you have it set up
initially. If that's something you're interested in.

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Daedalus312 · 2021-07-31 06:29

To install this application, you need a working Internet connection.
In order for the Internet to work over WiFi, you need to configure
configuration files via the text console.

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CoolHwhipMike · 2021-07-31 10:33

You know, that makes sense.

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glowiak · 2021-08-01 09:26

"i used the wifi to install program that let me use wifi"

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glowiak · 2021-08-01 09:26

There are many - dhcpcd-gui; wpa\_gui; networkmgr and many others, but
you need to install them from Ports, which needs internet.

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Xerxero · 2021-08-01 09:34

As a option: boot up ghostbsd, use the GUI manager to get the correct
configuration and use this for the vanilla version.

But is you have the handbook ready on another machine it should be
doable by hand.

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grahamperrin · 2021-08-04 17:54

### WiFi Networks Manager

[net-mgmt/wifimgr](https://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/wifimgr/)

In the pipeline:

* FreeBSD bug [257229 – net-mgmt/wifimgr with multiple Wi-Fi
interfaces](https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257229)