Today I tried installing Linux for the first time, and I can't get the Wi-Fi working. The Wi-Fi is built into the laptop, not a dongle.
- Firstly, how do I know that Ubuntu is even seeing the card?
ip link sho | grep wgives me a result. Will the result be the Wi-Fi card and not something else like the USB Ethernet dongle?- Based on the output, the card is down. Nothing seems to enable it. e.g.
sudo ifconfig <name> upmakes no difference sudo rfkilshows this interface is unblocked, both soft and hard- trying the command:
wpa_passphrase MYSSID passphrase > /etc/wpa_supplicant.confresults inpermission denied, even if I try usingsudo
- Based on the output, the card is down. Nothing seems to enable it. e.g.
Can someone please suggest what I should try next - or possibly try in the correct sequence.
Edited to add more information: This is the walkthrough that I found yesterday before coming here for help:
Martin Thornton gave me the correct syntax to get the wpa_passphrase working.
When I run iwlist scan, which is the next step in the walkthrough, it tells me the network is down.
The documentation linked below starts off with "Open the system menu" I don't think I have a menu?
Running lspci tells me the wireless card is an:
Intel Wireless 7260 (8086:08b1) rev 6b
sudo lshw -C network told me the wireless interface was disabled after running sudo ip link set wlp6s0 up, it seems the card is up. But iwlist scan still returns no scan results
