How to connect to wifi?

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Hello guys, I’m totally new to Qubes.

I am wondering how to connect to a wifi network.

Sys-net is running and the wifi device of my Laptop in “Settings / Devices” is active.

Sys-net is running, but there is no Terminal showing up if I want to start it.
In “Settings / Applications” I also activated “Settings Manager” and “Settings and Startup”, these windows aren’t opening either.

I searched for hours on the Internet but I don’t get an answer to the simple question, how to use Wifi.

Thank you for your time.

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sys-net has NetworkManager enabled. You can see it in the widget bar, which represents 2 computers with a red color. There you will be able to see a list of access points and connect to your router wifi.

3

This might be the problem, there is no network manager. I know the icon that you described from other videos about qubes, but it isn’t shown on my laptop.
I reinstalled qubes 3 times, it still doesn’t show up.

I’m on the latest version (4.2.0)

4

It should be there so something is wrong.
Can you go in sys-net settings, then in Services, and add network-manager to the list? Restart sys-net and check if you have it in the widget bar.

5

If you mean in “Applications”, there is no NetworkManager either. It seems like the network manager is’nt installed at all, which makes no sense since I didn’t change anything after the installation.

Maybe I should switch to an older version?

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You have a “Services” tab right next to “Applications” in sys-net settings.

7

Okay, but the only option shown here is “clocksync” (activated)

I cant add a service as well, except a custom one

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Create a custom service named “network-manager” there.
Also, what’s the template used for sys-net?

9

Okay, I’ve created it.
The template is default-dvm (should be fedora, I didn’t change it during the installation)

10

When you restart sys-net, do you see networkmanager in the widget bar?

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now it works. Restarting sys-net didnt help, but after I did your recommended changes, I restarted the laptop. Not the manger symbol is shown. I will try to connect now, thank you very much for your help!

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