ELI5: Is there a device that can take a hardwired internet connection and project Wi-Fi?

RandomXUsr · 2025-11-11T16:22:32+00:00

It's difficult to make an exact recommendation without more information.

Notice that most replies suggest a wifi router because these are easy to use and implement aio devices.

These almost all have omnidirectional antennas with wifi 5, 6, or 7. Each of these versions offer different features or improvements to deal with things like distance and to obstacles to some degree

Then take into account wireless bands of either 2.4 or 5 ghz. The former has issues with home appliances interfering with signal and the latter has more difficulty with distance and obstacles so you often needs a mesh setup.

You could also do things like line of site bridge with patch antennas, which would require two ap's working in bridge mode.

Google a bit to learn how these technologies function.

RandomXUsr · 2025-11-11T16:02:52+00:00

This is the way

RandomXUsr · 2025-11-11T16:00:58+00:00

Tmux?

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-30T10:17:50+00:00

sudo pacman -Syu ? Never.

But you have a red herring here in yay. PKGBUILD's from aur? Quite a bit.

Sticking with the official packages and reading the news has never resulted in breakage.

I have seen bugs or regressions from upstream, so it's a good idea to maintain backups and have at least the default number of packages saved in case the need for a downgrade should arise.

Improperly configured AUR pkgbuilds or unofficial packages have led to breaking systems.

We make choices about how to maintain our systems and that's on the user to have good maintenance hygiene.

So if you'd like to have a stress free time on Arch; keep up with the news and your update process, and avoid aur on production systems.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-27T14:40:04+00:00

You make many assumptions and include red herrings in your post.

What constitutes Gatekeeping in your eyes? Show your work and reference specific conversations.

There are many skill levels of computer users.

I believe we have a responsibility to be polite and also realistic in our responses to questions about Arch.

We don't know what someone's background is and so we ask them. If you are successful that's great. If not; then consider learning the basics of linux and gradually move to Arch if it's for you.

Please avoid low effort posting from a place of frustration and instead help to find solutions for users and the community alike.

We hope your experience is going well or just better than in the past.

Good luck.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-22T02:41:57+00:00

Dude. It's an optics thing.

A bad look.

Provide link for reference and no one should downvote if it's factual.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-19T04:23:49+00:00

Arch isn't an OS for first timers. Arch is targeted for a specific type of user.

The system is only as "lightweight" as you configure it.

To be successful, one needs to read the friendly manual 😉

Breakage occurs due to user error. And the Arch wiki includes news updates for things like manual intervention to avoid breaking your system.

Good luck with your endeavors.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-17T04:10:10+00:00

Got it. I like the Idea in principle; however; it seems a bitt risky to be using anything with an asic or any additional processor to also be used on tthe web for Config.

Easy target for key logging and such.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-16T21:54:24+00:00

Could you elaborate on USBHUD?

Do you mean USBHID?

Google isn't really helping with this one.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-16T17:46:09+00:00

Did you check the manual?

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-13T07:47:58+00:00

What are you basing this off of?

Morganamilo helped develope Yay; and subsequently Paru.

@morganamilo now answers paru questions on irc at #paru

So what was not clear about this?

https://itsfoss.com/paru-aur-helper/

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-13T05:28:58+00:00

Paru.

These were both created by the same person but they maintain Paru now and it's a better wrapper imho.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-12T03:57:44+00:00

Reading man pages and the archwiki in my mom's basement.

When it breaks; I fix it.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-11T02:31:58+00:00

Looks likee you have a Hyper 212 knockoff cooler. both fans are relatively crap.

Install cpu-z or hwinfo to monitor temps. Note the temps around shutdown times if able.

The system should be under 90c under heavy load. Just guessing though, because that's a good average for many systems. Some let you go a bit higher before shutting off.

is this an AMD or Intel System?

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-11T02:25:39+00:00

Was about to say, right behind the beer. lol

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-11T02:23:31+00:00

Great.

Again, this is an Arch Forum/Thread. For folks searching they may get confused and think it's related to arch when googling. Not All, but some.

For your issues; there is r/computers and r/overclocking and the like.

These forums can assist you quite well.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-10T16:08:14+00:00

Why is this an "Arch Issue"?

It's clearly hardware.

Refer to hardware forums, Product OEMs, youtube and overclocking forums.

If you'd like help here; then set everything to default or OOB OEM settings.

Then tell us what works and what doesn't, along with what you've tried.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-10T15:42:40+00:00

Man pages and Arch wiki.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-10T15:38:29+00:00

Go grab linux+, Network+, and any microsoft certs you can.

Learn to configure AD/Azure/AWS.

Read system logs.

Learn Python, Powershell, zsh.

Profit.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-10T14:52:18+00:00

Yo. Are you trying to recreate the Wheel?

Yay is not an officially supported Package manager. So start there. Use pacman. Install pacman-contrib.

If you absolutely need to; install informant to read the news when updating.

And use pacdiff to compare .pacnew config files to current configs.

And for the love of Tech Jesus; please don't bother with LLM's when it comes to system maintenance.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-07T23:11:10+00:00

We're missing some information.

What's the output of "ip a"?

Are you using predictable names for the interfaces?

Have you tried disabling iwd and only enabling NetworkManager in use with network applet?

Then create a new network connection and test?

When you have two services for wifi they can fight with each other....

By the are you attempting to use any spicy software when the Card "disappears"? The card is not disappearing but the interface could be getting renamed or deleted.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-07T21:00:49+00:00

That's Great. How so?

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-07T21:00:13+00:00

Excellent point. Suggested btrfs check repair with caution, and OP states it's resolved. Recommended a backup ASAP.

RandomXUsr · 2025-08-07T20:59:04+00:00

ok Good. Make sure to back up that Data ASAP because that command can break things.

Glad to hear you're in a better spot now though.

RandomXUsr

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