install arch and then pacman -S gnome netdaemon rubygarden Search for packages with pacman -Ss and then install with pacman -S . read man pacman for more information. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Bootup_Script http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless iwconfig interface_name essid network_name key xxxxxxxxxx /etc/rc.d/network restart to be precise. type "iwconfig" ifconfig on the device that has wireless extensions it will normally say "IEEE something" once you got the network connected, you can throw those commands in /etc/rc.local http://pastebin.archlinux.org a good practice is to 'pacman -Sy ' http://pastebin.archlinux.org/8843