Re: ip link versus nmcli device, WIFI

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 06:36:57AM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:
> Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> writes:
> >
> > Here on a laptop does `ip link` see a WIFI device,
> > but `nmcli device` does not.
> 
> And you're sure wwx028037ec0200 is a WIFI device? My WWAN device
> sometimes comes up with a wwx ID like that, sometimes wwan0.

Oh, yes.  Oops.  The wwx028037ec0200 is indeed "GSM Modem".


Below output from the original machine,  WITH  firmware installed.

|root@nero:~# ip --brief link show | grep ^w
|wwx028037ec0200  DOWN           02:80:37:ec:02:00 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> 
|wlp2s0           DOWN           da:eb:4f:4d:b7:5e <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> 
|root@nero:~# nmcli device | grep -e wifi -e gsm
|ttyACM1       gsm       unavailable             --                 
|wlp2s0        wifi      unavailable             --                 
|root@nero:~#


Thanks for pointing out.

 

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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