I no longer have physical access to the laptop but have installed Teamviewer so I do have remote access.
A couple of questions before I attack this problem remotely:
1.) It is running kernel 4.15 - I know 4.4 series support Realtec RTL8188EE driver rtl8188ee - so would installing the 4.4 version be the easy fix?
EDIT: I have found instructions on how to install the driver but according to the inxi -F output driver rtl8188ee is there but down.
2.) Saw thread below and was wondering if it would work for RTL8188EE version of Realtec NIC
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https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=280320&p=1544195&hilit=wireless+working+19#p1544195
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cd Desktop
git clone -b extended https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git
sudo dkms add ./rtlwifi_new
sudo dkms install rtlwifi-new/0.6
sudo cp -r rtlwifi_new/firmware/rtlwifi/ /lib/firmware/rtlwifi
echo "options rtl8723de ant_sel=2" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/rtl8723de.conf