I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I am new to Ubuntu. When I click on the internet icon in the upper-right-hand corner, it doesn't show any wireless networks under "wireless networks."  I went to Additional Drivers and found out that 'Broadcom STA wireless driver' is activated and currently in use. I searched internet but all the answers would tell me to install wireless driver which I already have. What might be the issue here? How can I troubleshoot the issue?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I upgraded Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04, until which wireless was working just fine. After the upgrade and reboot, wireless is not even being detected (When I click the network manager icon in the top panel, it does not show the wireless networks. Neither the Enable wireless option is there). But my laptop's LED indicator shows wireless is on.  This is a Dell Vostro 3450 laptop with:     Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)** (from lspci). Is any other info needed?   How do I get Wifi working?
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Hi I am new to Ubuntu and Linux. As I am developing a WiFi product, I want to capture the WiFi traffic wirelessly with Wireshark. Having some searching in the web, I know that I can do that with a USB WiFi adapter and Ubuntu. Then I can run the Wireshark in real monitor/promiscuous mode.  Ok so I bought a TP-Link TP-WN722NC (I want to buy the TP-WN722N at first, but the store only has this model). Also I found a laptop and installed the Ubuntu 14.04.1. Then I noticed that I need a driver for this adaptor. So I try to follow the blog post  to install the driver ath9k_htc but seems it was not successful.  Then I downloaded the backports 3.16-1 by running these two commands:  wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v3.16/backports-3.16-1.tar.gz tar xvf compat-wireless-2.6.38.2-2.tar.bz2   However, after that point do not know what should I do. Could you help guide me to install the correct driver?
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I have a HP 14-AN001NA laptop. It came with Windows 10 installed on which the Wi-Fi worked fine anywhere in the house.   However I removed Windows 10 and installed Ubuntu 16.04 instead and since I have had terrible Wi-Fi anywhere aside from about three foot away from the router. I don't know if it's relevant but my Wi-Fi is not called wlan0 but wlo1 for some reason (I didn't change it).  When running lspci -knn | grep Net -A3     I get the following output:  05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723] DeviceName:   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [103c:81c1] Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be Kernel modules: wl, rtl8723be
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I'm new to Ubuntu. I installed it today, but the first thing I encounter is that I can only connect to the Internet through wifi.  Can someone help me?   iwconfig result :  eth0      no wireless extensions.  lo        no wireless extensions.   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/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series 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.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 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/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1) 03:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter 04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5289 (rev 01) 04:00.2 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0a)   lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A2:  03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7630e 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14c3:7630]     Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e074] 04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5289] (rev 01)
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Just installed Ubuntu 18.04 but my WiFi adapter Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter doesn't work or even appear in the system settings.  output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A3:  &gt; rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A3 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)     Subsystem: Dell QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [1028:020c]     Kernel driver in use: ath9k     Kernel modules: ath9k 07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)   output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2  rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01)     Subsystem: Dell QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [1028:020c]     Kernel driver in use: ath9k     Kernel modules: ath9k   output of sudo rfkill list  rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ sudo rfkill list [sudo] password for rahul:  0: dell-rbtn: Wireless LAN     Soft blocked: yes     Hard blocked: yes 1: phy0: Wireless LAN     Soft blocked: no     Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth     Soft blocked: yes     Hard blocked: no   output of sudo lshw -C network  rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ sudo lshw -C network   *-network DISABLED                description: Wireless interface        product: QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter        vendor: Qualcomm Atheros        physical id: 0        bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0        logical name: wlp6s0        version: 01        serial: 4c:bb:58:30:aa:07        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=4.17.11-041711-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11        resources: irq:18 memory:f7900000-f797ffff memory:f7980000-f798ffff   *-network        description: Ethernet interface        product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller        vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.        physical id: 0        bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0        logical name: enp7s0        version: 07        serial: 74:e6:e2:14:2a:c8        size: 10Mbit/s        capacity: 100Mbit/s        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8106e-1_0.0.1 06/29/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s        resources: irq:19 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7800000-f7800fff memory:f2100000-f2103fff   *-network        description: Ethernet interface        physical id: 2        logical name: enp0s20u1        serial: 7a:14:5b:44:b4:96        capabilities: ethernet physical        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.109 link=yes multicast=yes   output of dmesg | grep ath9k  rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ dmesg | grep ath9k [   23.712505] ath9k 0000:06:00.0 wlp6s0: renamed from wlan0   output of sudo iw dev  rahul@rahul-Inspiron-3542:~$ sudo iw dev [sudo] password for rahul:  phy#0     Interface wlp6s0         ifindex 3         wdev 0x1         addr 4c:bb:58:30:aa:07         type managed         txpower 0.00 dBm   output of dmesg   I already tried so many solutions but nothing works for me , I'm looking for answer from so many days. Please Someone solve my issue . If anyone want any other information please let me know.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The wifi on my asus x550ca laptop is not working. Ethernet works fine in ubuntu but wifi does not work. Wifi works just fine when I boot up windows 8.1 though. Is there any special driver I have to install?
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I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 with my Pavilion dv6. My laptop originally was operated under Windows 7. My WiFi worked fine when it was still on Windows 7. However, after I changed the OS to Linux using Ubuntu 13.04, the WiFi stopped working anymore. I can see the network list. I can also use wired network, and it is fine. I just cannot connect to my router even with the correct password.  Technical:  01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06) 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) 03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) 03:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
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My wifi card is an Intel® Wireless-AX200 (802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth® 5, and bluetooth is working. I've tried following various guides, however these drivers are apparently yet to make it into the kernel.  Their product brief states linux is supported:    And yet their driver page has no listing for them:    sudo lshw -c network =&gt; mark@m-blade-2019:~$ sudo lshw -c network   *-network UNCLAIMED               description: Network controller        product: Intel Corporation        vendor: Intel Corporation        physical id: 0        bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0        version: 1a        width: 64 bits        clock: 33MHz        capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list        configuration: latency=0        resources: memory:cf300000-cf303fff   *-network        description: Ethernet interface        physical id: 2        logical name: enx0050b6b47e72        serial: 00:50:b6:b4:7e:72        capabilities: ethernet physical        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ncm driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=CDC NCM ip=192.168.1.17 link=yes multicast=yes   I'm running kernel version Linux 5.0.0-13-generic, any help is greatly appreciated.  EDIT: results of lspci -nnk | grep 00280 -A3:  mark@m-blade-2019:~$ lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2723] (rev 1a)     Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0084]     Kernel modules: wl, iwlwifi 03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981 [144d:a808] mark@m-blade-2019:~$
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I've been trying to get Ubuntu to run on my HP 15-an000nd. It has been a huge pain all the way.  My last (big) remaining problem is Wi-Fi. The signal strength is very very weak.  lspci gives me the following concerning wireless:  02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 522a (rev 01) 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 0a)   I have tried the following:  sudo rmmod rtl8723be &amp;&amp; sudo modprobe rtl8723be   and it tried to install these drivers:    I also set this parameter in the config file :   options rtl8723be fwlps=0   but nothing helps I still barely get any signal.  Any help is greatly appreciated, Greetings.
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I have dual booted my Windows 8 laptop with Ubuntu 14.04. The wifi driver is Realtek rtl8723be. It didn't use to work but I updated the kernel to 3.18 and reinstalled the driver and that seemed to solve the problem for a few hours. Then it would be connected for around 30 minutes and then the connection would stop, even though the icon on the system tray would still indicate it's connected. The only thing that works is restarting the computer but then, again, after 30 minutes the connection stops.
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I have just installed Ubuntu on my pc. Everything is working fine but the Wifi is not working properly When i am trying to connect to a network it is not working and showing error "Activation of Network Connection failed ". Sometime i am able to connect to the network but the network strength is very week. My PC uses realtek driver for wifi.  Here's the output of lspci; lsusb      00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 21) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 21) 00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series SATA Controller (rev 21) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series USB xHCI Controller (rev 21) 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 21) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 21) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #1 (rev 21) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Express Port #2 (rev 21) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCU (rev 21) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx SMBus Controller (rev 21) Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 006: ID 5986:065e Acer, Inc  Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:b720 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory Bus 001 Device 008: ID 2717:ff80   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub   output of usb-devices | awk '/b720/' RS=  T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=03 Cnt=04 Dev#=  5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 D:  Ver= 2.10 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1 P:  Vendor=0bda ProdID=b720 Rev=02.00 S:  Manufacturer=Realtek S:  Product=802.11n WLAN Adapter S:  SerialNumber=00e04c000001 C:  #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=500mA I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=e0(wlcon) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=btusb I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 6 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=rtl8xxxu   How to fix this issue??
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Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 12.04 for the first time (I've always been a Windows user) as I was at the office and I had the Ethernet connected. At home I only use WI-FI. When I started Ubuntu it didn't connect or try to connect with any network. By google, I found the command rfkill and these are the results: 0: hci0: Bluetooth     Soft blocked: no     Hard blocked: no  1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN     Soft blocked: no     Hard blocked: no  2: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN     Soft blocked: yes     Hard blocked: yes  3: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth     Soft blocked: no     Hard blocked: no  Well, the WI-FI is blocked by hardware, so I tried the command rfkill unblock 2 and it didn't work. As I didn't know even my Broadcom model, I found lspci and the result for the WI-FI is: 0e:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)  My laptop is a Dell Vostro 1520 with WinXP also installed. Thanks for the help! PS: It also may help that when I enter System Settings &gt; Network (it may be different, my Ubuntu is in Spanish) &quot;Airplane Mode&quot; is connected. When I try to unlock it, it goes to its original place after I close that window and open it again and when I reboot.  Update added from comment to an answer The Broadcom &quot;Additional Drivers&quot; are turned on and enabled.
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The said network adapter is not recognized in 13.04. In 12.04 and 12.10 I had used the driver proposed from broadcom download site, configured as dkms package it was always updated.  On the 3.8.x kernels this provided kernel driver from broadcom does not compile anymore - and the distribution provided tg3 drivers does not recognize the ethernet adapter - even though it is a newer version.  ~$ modinfo /lib/modules/3.8.0-19 generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.ko | grep -i version version:        3.128 srcversion:     D737202366709FE01964BF0 vermagic:       3.8.0-19-generic SMP mod_unload modversions    Here the working version on kernel 3.5.x using dkms  ~$ modinfo /lib/modules/3.5.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/tg3.ko | grep version version:        3.124c srcversion:     D01ED9A7BF2C3956E212A63 vermagic:       3.5.0-25-generic SMP mod_unload modversions    The Network card:  ~$ lspci -nn | grep 0200 01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1686] (rev 01)   As found on the i7 Mac Mini 6,2.  Anyone knows where I can get a kernel that recognizes that ethernet device ? That chip is supported somehow ... And - the 3.8.x kernel is way better on the HD4000 chip - reason I use it.  Note - to get the WiFi working, just make sure you load the b43 driver at boot (/etc/modules). At least then you have Network connectivity.
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Can you advise me on what drivers to install for the TP-LINK TL-WN725N USB wireless adapter on UBUNTU 12.04.  TP-LINK only provide Windows drivers.
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I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS after installing windows 10 in my new VN7-571G and the wireless is not working. It never had: even during the installation it was not recognized. I run a script to gather the data , which is . lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 output 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 20)         Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device [11ad:0804]  The OS behaves like it has no wifi card. I do not see wifi settings in network settings I'm not a linux power user, so I do not know what to do to solve the issue. What should I do to make it work?
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Your situation   You have successfully installed Ubuntu.  You have just downloaded and booted Ubuntu live media.  The latest LTS (see also ) or latest non-LTS release are preferred. See the list of  that are currently supported.) You upgraded your Ubuntu installation to the latest release that the software updater offered you. WiFi worked before, but not now on the new release. You  to new hardware.   Your problem   The wireless of your laptop or desktop is not working. You tried switching the wireless switch off and on and you tried rebooting several times, but you don't see any WiFi access points. You can see your wireless access point, but you cannot establish a connection. You want to analyze the problem, but you don't know where to start or what information you can provide.   This question and answer was written to give people the wireless script that will provide the information needed in most cases to diagnose their wireless issue's.   Related questions
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I've been using the Linksys USB6300 Adapter but when I switched to Ubuntu it stopped working since its only compatible with Windows. I've tried using ndiswrapper and although it says my windows driver is installed, my device isn't showing up. Anyone know how I could get this wireless network adapter working? Thanks.  lsusb  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 012: ID 05c6:6766 Qualcomm, Inc.  Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04ca:007d Lite-On Technology Corp.  Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04ca:008a Lite-On Technology Corp.  Bus 001 Device 010: ID 13b1:003f Linksys  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub