Jetson Nano Network not starting until after login

[androiddrew]

So I have tried a variety of things, but my Nano’s network doesn’t appear to come online until after the first login with a user name and password. I had auto login with gnome and everything worked as I expected, plugging in the nano made it available on the network. I wanted to save on RAM however since I only need to access the board through SSH, and it is on a robot so it is powered off frequently. I tried switching to LXDE to save memory, and started to see this behaviour. Power save for the wireless was set to power_save off. I also then used sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target to just avoid the GUI altogether, but the issue persists. I am using the Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 8265 w/Bluetooth 8265 module.

How can I get the network setup to start on boot without have having to log in first?

[linuxdev]

This is the default behavior for WiFi. Any documents on the web for Ubuntu WiFi will likely apply. Without customization it is intended to make WiFi something like a “personal” thing with individuals having their own password. This is what you would call a “managed” connection via NetworkManager. There could be more than one way to solve this, but I found this URL which seems to have ways that would work over a range of Ubuntu releases:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/16376/connect-to-network-before-user-login

I am guessing the one (of the different setup methods mentions) to start with is the one which mentions “/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/”. Does anything there help?

[androiddrew]

Thank you @linuxdev that helped a lot. I couldn’t get the /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ to work, but in the GUI Desktop selecting Network Connections -> My SSID -> and checking the box to allow for this network for all users worked. I could then set systemctl to multi-user.target and I am saving 500MB+ memory now!