NO WIFI on HP OMEN laptop

[scq]

Dual boot windows 10 and Cinnamon Mint 18.3
No wifi in mint


CPU~Quad core Intel Core i7-7700HQ (-HT-MCP-) speed/max~899/3800 MHz Kernel~4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 Up~2 min Mem~686.7/7860.4MB HDD~1000.2GB(1.5% used) Procs~250 Client~Shell inxi~2.2.35

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stephencq@stephencq-OMEN-by-HP-Laptop-17-an0xx ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: stephencq-OMEN-by-HP-Laptop-17-an0xx Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   System: HP (portable) product: OMEN by HP Laptop 17-an0xx
           Mobo: HP model: 8392 v: 40.26 Bios: American Megatrends v: F.12 date: 01/09/2018
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-7700HQ (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 22464
           clock speeds: max: 3800 MHz 1: 899 MHz 2: 3047 MHz 3: 3010 MHz 4: 899 MHz 5: 899 MHz 6: 899 MHz
           7: 899 MHz 8: 1953 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel Device 591b bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA Device 1c8d bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.111 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Device a171 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 Sound: ALSA v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: c000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek Device b822 port: b000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (1.5% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST1000LM049 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 6.3G (34%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
           ID-2: /home size: 416G used: 114M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 8.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.5C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:44C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 250 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 688.1/7860.4MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35

[deepakdeshp]

There are wi fi adapters available at a very cheap price. They should work out of the box. If they don't work, can be returned.
One example
https://www.amazon.in/TP-Link-TL-WN725N ... dr18418-21

[scq]

Is there any support for Realtech rtl8822be cards. Specifically wireless support. Ethernet is working fine but no wireless.

[greerd]

Not yet by the looks of it, see Phoronix Realtek RTL8822BE Support Coming To Linux 4.14

[scq]

Any idea when 4.14 will be out?

[JeremyB]

Actually with an ethernet connection you can try

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dkms git
git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
sudo dkms add ./rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6

Reboot

[scq]

That worked! Thanks for your help, greatly appreciated.