Questions tagged [nmcli]
Nmcli (Network Manager Client) is a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager.
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How to make ip link settings persistent on ubuntu 22.04
I'm trying to make persistent some ip links settings on ubuntu 22.04 desktop. Commands below works fine but are not persistent: ip link add mynet-shim link eno1 type macvlan mode bridge ip addr add ...
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Show encryption used by WiFi stations connected to my hotspot
I'm hosting a hotspot from my PC, which has a wired internet connection and a wifi adapter. The OS is Fedora 40, using Network Manager and wpa_supplicant. I have 3 wifi devices which are able to ...
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Kali rtl18723be unable to view list available ssid
I have installed Kali like usual OS, in the process of installation didn't get any problems, I've connected to my wifi. But after install Kali, I can't to view list of the SSIDs by command nmcli ...
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nmcli g gives the wrong status because there is no wifi hardware on the machine
My machine is a VM with no wifi hardware. It is connected with eth0 and everything works as it should, except for nmcli g status, which shows the "CONNECTIVITY" as "unknown" and &...
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why nmcli got multi same ssid and null ssid access point
I tried using nmcli to get the access_point list, but I got multiple entries with the same SSID and some with a null SSID. I'm not sure whether this is a problem. My system info: Linux Raiden 6.10.10-...
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NetworkManager and /etc/nsswitch.conf
I'm looking to use SSSD to connect to Wifi WPA2 Enterprise (on Ubuntu 22.04). Can nmcli (NetworkManager) use /etc/nsswitch.conf to authenticate to Wifi without user action for on-site mode ? Thanks ...
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NetworkManger to set the device's hostname
We have a dhcp server (linux) to serve a few printers Nuc devices. It is configured to assign IPv4 address, gateway, dns1, dns2, dns3, dns4, ntp1, ntp2, dns-search domains, domain suffix and hostname ...
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NetworkManager only connects to WiFi when I pass --ask (but it already has the password)
I have a wifi connection defined by NetworkManager on a Raspberry Pi 4, using the latest Rasbian OS (bookworm): me@hostname:~ $ sudo cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/my_wifi_ssid....
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setup vpn connection using nmcli - Connection activation failed: No valid secrets
I'm trying to configure an openconnect VPN connection in nmcli on a Debian 12 running SwayWM. I manage to connect to the vpn using nmcli with the --ask flag but it cannot read vpn secrets provided ...
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NMCLI: create a bridge interface with a member that is a vlanned subinterface
There are tons of docs out there claiming to do this: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_and_managing_networking/configuring-a-network-...
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nmcli connection modify does not work as intended when using alias
Using an alias in nmcli connection modify seems to append the value regardless of the prefix used. For example, nmcli connection modify wifi -ip4 192.168.1.10/24 does not remove the IP but add it. ...
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Alma Linux - nmcli " No suitable device found"
When I try to bring up a connection called wan0 with nmcli, I'm getting this error. Wan0 is currently unplugged, want to get it configured before plugging it in. I dont know why it's talking about ...
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RHEL 9 nmcli how to change permanently ethtool settings?
[root@101 system-connections]# nmcli c modify enp2s0f0 ethtool.tx-checksumming off Error: invalid property 'tx-checksumming': 'tx-checksumming' not among [feature-esp-hw-offload, feature-esp-tx-csum-...
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RHEL 8 IP/Kernel Routing Multi-Homed Server Issue - Cannot get a response to ping, when trying to ping from 2nd Interface
Set up/configuration: I have a RHEL 8 server, running Asterisk 15.x, that has 2 NICs. NMCLI is used for networking NIC0 (eno5np0) is on the trusted network and is configured as a static IPv4 and NIC1 (...
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nmcli not showing connections
I am new to Linux and was trying to configure my system. I wanted to use https://github.com/ericmurphyxyz/rofi-wifi-menu, but saw it was not showing any connections. When I enter nmcli I get this: lo:...
