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opknow

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Registered: 2018-03-19

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no wifi working

Hi guys, after installation I've got no wifi working.

When I start wicd it doesn't see wifi around the pc. Can you help me to figure it out how to solve this problem?

siva

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Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 282  

Re: no wifi working

If you're using wicd, make sure your wifi interface is the same wireless interface in its settings.

You can list your network devices with ifconfig -a as root.
You can find your network card with lspci -vv | grep -i Network as root.  For some devices, you may need proprietary/nonfree software.

Panopticon

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Registered: 2018-01-27

Posts: 306  

Re: no wifi working

what does...

iwconfig

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14158

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Registered: 2018-05-12

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Re: no wifi working

I had this issue, as advised check what the interfaces are named with sudo ifconfig -a.  Then update the Wicd preferences accordingly.

Not sure if I should log this as a bug?

opknow

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Registered: 2018-03-19

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Re: no wifi working

Hi there. Thank you for your answer. Here all the informations you asked me.

with root user

# ifconfig -a
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:de:2b:07:a9:be 
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

# lspci -vv | grep -i Network
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

# iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

What do you suggest???

0xf4b10

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Registered: 2018-05-12

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Re: no wifi working

I have neither ifconfig nor iwconfig installed in my system. What package should I install to add them?

Panopticon

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Registered: 2018-01-27

Posts: 306  

Re: no wifi working

Hi there. Thank you for your answer. Here all the informations you asked me.

with root user

# ifconfig -a
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 74:de:2b:07:a9:be 
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

# lspci -vv | grep -i Network
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

# iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off

What do you suggest???

Have a look at this link, may help you to manage your wifi from the command line.

https://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18 … -in-linux/

Last edited by Panopticon (2018-05-16 11:46:41)

Panopticon

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Registered: 2018-01-27

Posts: 306  

Re: no wifi working

I have neither ifconfig nor iwconfig installed in my system. What package should I install to add them?

You need the iw package and net-tools i think.