Re: Debian 11: Unable to detect wireless interface on an old laptop computer

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

>
> This one looks like it might be your friend. AFAIK the firmware for that
> is in the firmware-iwlwifi package.
>
> What does `lsmod | grep iwl' say?

username@hostname:~$ lsmod|grep iwl
iwlwifi               294912  0
cfg80211              970752  1 iwlwifi
username@hostname:~$

But you are right. After installing the package firmware-iwlwifi, the command "ip link show" displays the name of the wireless interface. (I thought I had installed firmware-iwlwifi but I was wrong. In fact I installed it on my sister's newer computer but not on this one.)

Thanks for your reply.