Required: Kernel supports network adapters
Required packages: iw wpa_supplicant dialog
You can check, if your kernel has a module loaded for a specific hardware by using the lsmod and the lspci commands. You can issue lspci -k to see a list of pci devices together with the loaded kernel module.
If your networking device is supported by the kernel, you can issue the command
wifi-menu -o
to connect to an existing wlan. The -o option creates a corresopnding connection profile in the /etc /netctl folder.
To startup the wifi connection automatically on boot, run
netctl enable PROFILENAME
and to disable
netctl disable PROFILENAME
These commands create/remove symbolic links for the systemd daemon. You can list all available profiles with
netctl -l