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NUC6CAYH Wifi not working [SOLVED]

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NUC6CAYH Wifi not working [SOLVED]

#1 Post by kendew »

This is part two of things not working for me with Debian Stretch install on an NUC6CAYH. I have WICD installed but cannot get it to find any Wifi stations, of which there are plenty. I installed what I thought was relevant firmware, iwlwifi and other Intel related. Some facts:

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uname -a
Linux Ao 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u3 (2017-08-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Relevant output from lspci:

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01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5229 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 24fb (rev 10)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
This should be easy. Why am I not getting it?
Thanks for anything.
Kendew
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Re: NUC6CAYH Wifi not working

#2 Post by Segfault »

dmesg

The PCI ID of your wireless.

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Re: NUC6CAYH Wifi not working

#3 Post by kendew »

Thanks for reply.
Using dmesg on output of

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lspci -nn | grep Network
the following might be relevant.

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[    2.760801] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[    2.760803] Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation
[    2.762354] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3168-26.ucode (-2)
[    2.762486] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3168-26.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.762517] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3168-25.ucode (-2)
[    2.762583] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3168-25.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.762597] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3168-24.ucode (-2)
[    2.762666] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3168-24.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.762679] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-3168-23.ucode (-2)
[    2.762744] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3168-23.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.763726] ite_cir: driver has been successfully loaded
[    2.769737] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware iwlwifi-3168-22.ucode
Though I installed iwlwifi by way of debian repository I still don:t see these particular files in /lib/firmware . Also, curiously where other firmware was filed neatly in suitable directories, the iwlwifi files were just scattered everywhere.
To be honest, Debian hasn:t been the main distro I:ve worked with and there:s a lot I don:t understand, but it seems I would need those files.
The problem is, where to get them? The files up to 3168-22.ucode were in /lib/firmware.
Kendew

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Re: NUC6CAYH Wifi not working

#4 Post by Segfault »

Error -2 is file not found.

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Re: NUC6CAYH Wifi not working

#5 Post by stevepusser »

i bet it's because you haven't told wicd yet what your wireless interface is in its settings. It's pretty dumb in that way. This is a very common issue. Try as sysadmin:

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ifconfig -a
to see your interfaces.
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Re: NUC6CAYH Wifi not working

#6 Post by kendew »

ROFL!!! I don:t know who whould feel more stupid, me or WICD. Would never have guessed WICD wouldn:t have automatically picked that up.
Wifi is working.
Thanks a million.
Kendew

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