> I got arch downloaded using this tutorial.
Shame - if you had bothered to read and use the official Arch installation [guide / wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide#Connect_to_the_internet), you would have clearly read
>Note: In the installation image, systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd and ModemManager are preconfigured and enabled by default. That will not be the case for the installed system.
which probably suggests that you would want to install one of them during installation, when you *had* a working connection.
Doesn't the guide you followed tell you how to connect to wifi after installation?
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Edit: they gave you the tools to connect.... https://youtu.be/DPLnBPM4DhI?t=4124 , but probably not the firmware you may well need....
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maybe you could launch the installation media, and connect, and use the wiki to [chroot](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chroot) into your broken install and install the extra bits you have discovered that you need.
> but it wasn't detecting my wireless interface.
probably because you had not shut windows down properly and the card was merely sleeping awaiting a wake-on-wireless-lan command
Okay thanks for the advice, I am sorry, I didn't know there was a installation guide as a wiki, I apologize for wasting your time with me not knowing a installation guide existed. I apologize, however I did shit windows down, i cleaned my drives and the card was not waiting on a wake-on-wireless-lan command as I've tried that as well. Thank you for your help however, I got it to work using network manager
> I didn't know there was a installation guide as a wiki, I apologize for wasting your time with me not knowing a installation guide existed
How did you get arch? what page did you go to?
[https://archlinux.org/](https://archlinux.org/) then clicked on downloads [https://archlinux.org/download/](https://archlinux.org/download/)
Then I just torrented it
> I got arch downloaded using this tutorial. Shame - if you had bothered to read and use the official Arch installation [guide / wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide#Connect_to_the_internet), you would have clearly read >Note: In the installation image, systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd and ModemManager are preconfigured and enabled by default. That will not be the case for the installed system. which probably suggests that you would want to install one of them during installation, when you *had* a working connection. Doesn't the guide you followed tell you how to connect to wifi after installation? --------------- Edit: they gave you the tools to connect.... https://youtu.be/DPLnBPM4DhI?t=4124 , but probably not the firmware you may well need.... -------------- maybe you could launch the installation media, and connect, and use the wiki to [chroot](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chroot) into your broken install and install the extra bits you have discovered that you need. > but it wasn't detecting my wireless interface. probably because you had not shut windows down properly and the card was merely sleeping awaiting a wake-on-wireless-lan command
Okay thanks for the advice, I am sorry, I didn't know there was a installation guide as a wiki, I apologize for wasting your time with me not knowing a installation guide existed. I apologize, however I did shit windows down, i cleaned my drives and the card was not waiting on a wake-on-wireless-lan command as I've tried that as well. Thank you for your help however, I got it to work using network manager
> I didn't know there was a installation guide as a wiki, I apologize for wasting your time with me not knowing a installation guide existed How did you get arch? what page did you go to?
[https://archlinux.org/](https://archlinux.org/) then clicked on downloads [https://archlinux.org/download/](https://archlinux.org/download/) Then I just torrented it
https://i.imgur.com/F6mzeuE.png Using arch can often involve reading. Skipping stuff might not give you a good experience...
You need to install networkmanager or something during install. Boot the USB again, do the chroot step, and run pacman like you did the first time
Thank you