(SOLVED) New User Network Issues

[freightxtrain]

Just installed mint on a gateway nv53. I can connect to Wi-Fi but there is no internet available, also directly plugged in via a ethernet cable does not work. The only way I can access the internet is mobile usb tether. I have reset the bios, and a few other commands from other threads but it has gotten nowhere.
josh@Josh-nv53:~$ rfkill list
0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros

[AndyMH]

Post the output from inxi -FxD, enclose the output between code markers (the </> button above the reply window) to make it easier for others to read. This will give us basic information about your system.

[freightxtrain]

inxi -FxD

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System:
  Host: Josh-nv53 Kernel: 5.14.0-1008-oem x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma 
  base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Gateway product: NV53 v: 0100 
  serial: <superuser/root required> 
  Mobo: Gateway model: SJV50TR v: Rev serial: <superuser/root required> 
  BIOS: Phoenix v: 1.05 date: 12/07/2009 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.6 Wh condition: 44.6/47.5 Wh (94%) 
  model: SDI AS09A61 status: Full 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: AMD Athlon II M300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 
  rev: 2 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 7999 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/2000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:05.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS880 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.14.0-1008-oem LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 
  Device-2: AMD RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 01:05.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.14.0-1008-oem 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: kernel port: 9000 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 00:26:2d:86:ee:ab 
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Wistron NeWeb driver: ath9k v: kernel port: 9000 bus ID: 09:00.0 
  IF: wlp9s0 state: up mac: 00:0b:6b:e7:68:9c 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 37.39 GiB (8.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT500MX500SSD1 size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.95 GiB used: 18.70 GiB (4.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 78.0 C mobo: 69.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 176 Uptime: 2m Memory: 3.53 GiB used: 654.0 MiB (18.1%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  inxi: 3.0.38

[sleeper12]

Mint 20.2 with a 5.14 kernel isn't the best choice for that old machine. I suggest you try Mint 19.2 that has the 4.15 kernel.

[Larry78723]

Also, make sure that Secure Boot is disabled in your Bios. If you are dual booting with Windows 10, disable Fast Startup in Power options. Also, please post the results of the following:

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modprobe ath9k

[freightxtrain]

Swapped to 19.2 as recommended by @sleeper12. Currently running with no issues. Thanks!