Unable to connect to any wifi with NetworkManager due to error: Secrets were required, but not provided
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Using NetworkManager on Arch Linux on a MacBookPro14,3, I am unable to connect to any wireless network. I've tried connecting to a number of different WiFi networks (home, mobile hotspot, work) all with the same result. I've tried doing this with both
nmcli
and nmtui
. Example:
$ nmcli dev wifi connect password
Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but not provided.
Looking at logs with journalctl
shows:
wpa_supplicant[PID]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT bssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 status_code=16
and
NetworkManager[PID]: [TIMESTAMP] device (wlp3s0): state change: need-auth -> failed (reason 'no-secrets', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
The Macbook has a Broadcom BCM43602 with driver brcmfmac. NetworkManager and wpa_supplicant are installed and enabled.
Asked by user3427070
(601 rep)
Jan 30, 2018, 11:10 AM
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