Hello,
So basically a bit of background. I was given an old acer aspire 5251 with Debian 8(8.3)installed, everything worked, I was able to connect to the wireless no problem. I then decided to upgrade the laptop to HP G62 notebook that needed a new hard drive so after swapping them around everything started up fine but when I logged in under my user I basically couldn't connect to the wifi. As you can probably tell I have essentially zero experience with Linux but I have some experience coding in java and java script. Looking for some help to get my computer working again and to learn. Thank for any help.
FirstYEarEngineer
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Need Help Setting up Wireless on New Computer
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FirstYEarEngineer
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Re: Need Help Setting up Wireless on New Computer
What does
in the terminal say about your wireless hardware? Try "lsusb" if that doesn't show anything--some laptops have internal USB wi-fi.
Important to fixing this: do you have a wired connection?
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lspciImportant to fixing this: do you have a wired connection?
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FirstYEarEngineer
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Re: Need Help Setting up Wireless on New Computer
The only thing I can see about wireless hardware when I enter "lspci" is "Network controller: Ralink crop. RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe". As of right now I have no idea if I have a wired connection as I lost my Ethernet cable. I'll pick one up tomorrow and try to see if I can get a wired connection.
