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I have installed Ubuntu Server 20.04 fresh on my laptop.

My laptop has an ethernet and wifi card. I managed to get internet working through ethernet. However, it can't setup wifi through the CLI.

Inside /etc/netplan/ is only a single file called 00-installer-config.yaml.

I added the following content to it:

network:
  ethernets:
    enp1s0:
      dhcp4: true
  version:2
  wifis:
    wlp2s0:
      dhcp6: true
      dhcp4: true
      access-points:
        "my_network_id":
          password: "my_password"

I also did

sudo netplan generate
sudo netplan apply

No error is thrown. ping google.com works if ethernet cable is plugged in, but it won't work if its not plugged id (results `temporary failure in name resolution). I also tried to reboot.

I followed the instructions from here and https://askubuntu.com/a/1107570/247771 but both are not working.

I also wanted to follow the instructions from here but this requires the command iwconfig which I have not currently installed. When I try to install it with sduo apt install wireless-tools (with ehternet cable plugged in) I get the error Temporary failre resolving 'testserv', although ping google.com works fine.

Finally, here is the output from sudo lshw -C network: enter image description here

Any advice what I am missing to get my wifi working?

Adam
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2 Answers2

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try using nmcli, here is the instruction on how it would, I actually just did it yesterday!

#determine if the kernel even recognizes the WIFI interface
nmcli d

#Is WIFI on? Should be default
ncmli r wifi on


#Connect


nmcli d wifi connect WIFI-NAME password PASSWORD
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