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[Solved] Wireless Network not connecting, think I missed..

Linux Kernel, Network, and Services configuration.
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[Solved] Wireless Network not connecting, think I missed..

#1 Post by xendistar »

I have installed Debian Buster on to a Lenovo laptop but I can not get the wifi working on, lspci shows the following:

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mit@Pyro:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [NVS 5400M] (rev a1)
02:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 08)
02:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 PCIe IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
I believe the bottom line "Centrino Advanced-N 6205" is the Wifi adapter, I have installed "firmware-iwlwifi" which I beleive is the correct package for the centrino wifi

I have setup the wifi via the Network Manager

I can see that the iwl module has been loaded

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iwlwifi               225280  1 iwldvm
I did not want to paste the whole lsmod as it is quite large but if needed I can do

I tried #iwlist scan and it came back with my ssid (and a few of the neighbours) so it can see the ssid and the wifi network but won't connect to it

Can anybody confirm the bits I have done are correct and if so where do I go from here. I have had other linux distro installed on this laptop and the wifi has worked out of the box including one based on Debian Testing
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Re: Wireless Network not connecting, think I missed somethin

#2 Post by bw123 »

If it was me I would try stable instead of testing. Buster isn't released yet. There could be a temp problem with some pkg or other?

If it's not working after following the wiki for firmware install
https://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
then I'd take a look in dmesg and make sure one of the firmwares is loading for the device. If you see the ssid in a scan or in nm, then I'd think the firmware is installed correctly.

If network-manager is giving you problems, there are other ways to connect on the link.
4. Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse
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Re: Wireless Network not connecting, think I missed somethin

#3 Post by xendistar »

Thanks for the suggestion bw123, unfortunately it did not work (I added the line in network.conf) and did a complete reboot but it did not work. I then went back into Network Manager and removed all the settings for the wifi, rebooted the PC, went back into wifi and then re-entered them again the same as before and it worked. Not sure why but now I have wireless.

Thanks

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