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

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Hi David,

It's reassuring to know that you're still around and thanks for replying to my original post.

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> And also any output from:
>
> # dmesg | grep iwl
>

username@hostname:~$ sudo dmesg|grep iwl
[sudo] password for username:
[    9.169801] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    9.170310] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode (-2)
[    9.170402] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode failed with error -2
[    9.170405] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: iwlwifi-3160-17 is required
[    9.170434] iwlwifi 0000:07:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
username@hostname:~$

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