CentOS - Jan 2024 - Configure WiFi at install on CentOS Stream 9

Hi,
I'm trying to install CS-9 and need to have WiFi setup on boot.

I've tried installing with KVM as a test but only get the choice of an
ethernet connection at install time.

I've tried installing onto a spare laptop and it gives a choice of ethernet
or WiFi for network connections. I choose WiFi and it allows me to
configure the WiFi. It detects the network and the IP-address. However when
I reboot the laptop there is no WiFi connection.

Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Tony

On 1/9/24 04:30, Tony Molloy wrote:
> I've tried installing onto a spare laptop and it gives a choice of
ethernet
> or WiFi for network connections. I choose WiFi and it allows me to
> configure the WiFi. It detects the network and the IP-address. However when
> I reboot the laptop there is no WiFi connection.
>
> Any suggestions.

I just installed CentOS Stream 9 on a workstation and hit a similar 
issue. For my situation, I did a minimal install, and in those cases, 
you may end up with a system that does not have the 
"NetworkManager-wifi" RPM (and required dependencies) installed, which
prevents the WiFi connection from starting after the reboot. After I 
installed NetworkManager-wifi, wpa_supplicant, and a couple of other 
RPMs (manually, via RPMs on a USB device), the WiFi connection came up 
after rebooting.

Not sure if this is your scenario or not, though. I'm kind of surprised 
that this is still an issue; I believe I hit this a few years ago but 
don't have a bugzilla number for it.

Greg