Re: Debian 11: Unable to detect wireless interface on an old laptop computer
On Mon 27 Sep 2021 at 16:52:03 (+0200), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 04:43:44PM +0200, Stella Ashburne wrote:
> > I have a dual-boot OS configuration on my HDD: Debian 11 and Microsoft Windows 10.
> >
> > My CPU belongs to Intel 4th generation (Haswell) and I even installed packages such as firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-iwlwifi firmware-realtek
> >
> > Microsoft Windows 10 is able to detect and makes use of the wireless chipset on my computer's motherboard.
> >
> > However, Debian 11 is unable to detect it (wireless chipset). I only installed the bare minimum lxqt-core and lightdm packages (no fanciful stuff).
> >
> > I issued the command:
> >
> > ip link show
> >
> > and there is not a line that says something like wlan or wl01 etc...
> >
> > Below is the output of lspci:
> >
>
> [...]
>
> > 07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)
>
> 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?
And also any output from:
# dmesg | grep iwl
Cheers,
David.
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