No Wireless Option

[DaSpikeyBoss]

I recently installed Linux Mint on a asus because windows was running so slow. I loved it so much I decided to install it on my HP. When I booted up to the usb there was no wireless option. I didn't think about it much and installed it offline. But there is still no wireless option. I have tried connecting using an ethernet cable but it keeps going, connecting... - disconnected - connecting--. very frustrating. Please help.

[kc1di]

Hello DaSpikeyBoss and welcome to Linux Mint Forums,

In order to be of much help to you, we will need a little more information about your system.
Which wireless card and network card are in that machine?

if your not sure, go to a terminal and type this command and post the output here.

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inxi -Nn

[sleeper12]

Also, you have to go into Network Connections from the Menu & set up your connections for Wifi & Ethernet to work.

[DaSpikeyBoss]

Hello DaSpikeyBoss and welcome to Linux Mint Forums,

In order to be of much help to you, we will need a little more information about your system.
Which wireless card and network card are in that machine?

if your not sure, go to a terminal and type this command and post the output here.

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inxi -Nn

Card-1: Realtex RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
Card-2 Realtek Device d723

Further Info: I am doing this as a dual boot with windows. wireless works fine on windows.

Also, you have to go into Network Connections from the Menu & set up your connections for Wifi & Ethernet to work.

How?

[kc1di]

This page may be of help: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... m-lwfinger

[sleeper12]

Also, you have to go into Network Connections from the Menu & set up your connections for Wifi & Ethernet to work.

How?

Go to Menu (lower left), under 'All' find Network Connections, click Add & add your Wifi info. In IPv4, set it like this:

Method: Automatic (DHCP) addresses only
DNS servers: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4.

Check the box: Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete
Click Save, Reboot

You can use any DNS you like, just be sure their numbers are separated by a comma.

[DaSpikeyBoss]

This page may be of help: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... m-lwfinger

I Followed the link and typed in lsusb. it retuned:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:b009 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05c8:03c7 Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink)

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Mico Devices, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I thing the id is the first one 0bda:b009. but I can't work out what chipset it is.

Thanks in advance.

[JeremyB]

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

I think the device listed in lsusb is actually a bluetooth device

[DaSpikeyBoss]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [103c:84a0]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co,. Ltd Device [10ec:d723]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8319]

Also If there is anything wierd with this it is probabl because I copy it in by hand because it is on the computer with no internet connections

[JeremyB]

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uname -a

Can you connect using USB tethering from a smart phone?

[DaSpikeyBoss]

Linux user-HP-Laptop-cm0xxx 4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 24 06:16:15 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Tethering did not work. the phone did not even show up on the file system the phone made a ding sound but there were no devices so could not turn on usb thethering. no device in bluetooth either.