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title: How to connect to internet in console mode or recovery mode
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description:
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published: true
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date: 2021-09-26T21:29:39.480Z
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tags: documentation, howto, user-guide
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editor: markdown
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dateCreated: 2020-07-07T08:04:15.837Z
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---
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# How to connect to internet in console mode or recovery mode
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> Note: This how-to assumes that user has a system where internet was working properly until something went wrong.
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Sometimes you may need to boot in to console mode or recovery mode instead of Plasma desktop in order to do maintenance or repair.
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You may find that wifi does not work in these modes.
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## Wifi
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To connect to wifi from command line you use the `nmcli` command. Example:
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To determine what device to connect run this command:
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```
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$ nmcli dev status
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```
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This will list any available network devices. In this example we know that we are wifi but not wifi-p2p and the command lists wifi device as wlp4s0, so to connect:
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```
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$ nmcli --ask dev con wlp4s0
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```
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This should ask for your wifi password and then connect your wifi.
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Now you can do any maintenance or repairs that require internet access.
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## Ethernet connection
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If you are using ethernet connection, to connect is basically the same:
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```
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$ nmcli dev status
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```
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If your ethernet device is listed as an example as elp4s0:
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```
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$ nmcli dev con elp4s0
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```
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The `--ask` option is not normally needed, as your system already has permission for this.
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Wifi permissions are normally separate and unique from system permissions.
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