Solved: thanks to u/[email protected]; remember to add these USE flags to wpa_supplicant

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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) scan to 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 list except my router
    • forcing a connection passing bssid shows id not found
    • manually setting the connection using nmcli add also does not work
    • iw dev (device) scan lists 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
  • 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

  • Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.mlOP
    11·
    19 hours ago

    I have 2 cores with 2 threads, compiling anything again is not an option for me, atleast right now: My router only has system logs unfortunately it doesnt show any logging for connection attempts

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      it’s funny that you’re using gentoo and want to avoid recompiling since the last time i used gentoo was on a single core, first generation imac and it literally took me 3 days to compile the kernel along with the drivers that i needed to get the apple/ppc architecture to work correctly

      it got so hot that i couldn’t even touch it for another day. lol

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          19 hours ago

          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.