Set-up Arch Linux

Once you booted into newly installed Arch, you will see the login prompt. Login as root user. We need to configure network.

Wired connection

If you are using wired connection (ethernet), enable dhcpcd service. Find the name of the Ethernet device with ‘ip link’ command:

# ip link

Run the following commands one by one, the first one starts the dhcp service and the second one sets it to start at system boot.

# systemctl start [email protected]
# systemctl enable [email protected]

Note: Exchange ‘enp0s25’ with the name of your wired device. Ping Google to check successful connection:

ping –c 3 www.google.com

If you get the ping, you are good.

Wireless Connection

If you are using wireless, disable dhcpcd service that was enabled by default. To find the name of wired/wireless devices run ‘ip link’ command that will give you the name of the Interfaces.

Disable the dhcpcd service:

# systemctl stop [email protected]

(Note: Replace ‘enp0s25’ with your wired device.)

Install ‘iw’, ‘wpa_supplicant’ and ‘dialogue’ packages to manage connections to the wireless networks:

# pacman -S iw wpa_supplicant dialog

Follow the on-screen steps and connect to your wireless network. Ping Google to check your connection:

ping –c 3 www.google.com

If you get successful pings, proceed to the next step.