On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Mansour zermello <zerman...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> hi, im a moderate user of linux, recently i installed Debian 11.6 on > my dell laptop but like you know it already the wifi dont work by > default and i was lost in different suggestions how to make it work ( > so so many resources ) but no one worked in my case .I have the > model: Intel AX201NGW and downloaded the files from the official > website of Intel, i extracted the folder in /Downloads, then i copied > all the files into /lib/firmware but still not work. How did you determine that you have an Intel AX201NGW? I would use lspci, something like "lspci | grep -i network". In my case, on a different laptop, the result is: root@jhegaala:~# lspci | grep -i network 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04) 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01) root@jhegaala:~# I went to the Intel page for this device, and only found Windows drivers. I doubt they will help you much. Linux drivers should already be in your kernel. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/130293/intel-wifi-6-ax201-gig/downloads.html I said, "should". One questions is, does the 11.6 (Bullseye) kernel support this adapter? According to Intel, the kernel supports this adapter as of kernel version 5.2. I am running linux-image-5.10.0-20-amd64 on my Debian 11.6 system, so you should be good there. https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi root@jhegaala:~# uname -a Linux jhegaala 5.10.0-20-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.158-2 (2022-12-13) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@jhegaala:~# Second, do you also have the proper firmware for your adapter, if any? In Debian, these are packaged separately from the driver itself. According to Intel, it uses the iwlwifi firmware package. To be sure, as root, run: apt install firmware-iwlwifi -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
