TP Link WN823N

[JesseRBassett]

Hey all,
I am having a proble-my tp link wn823n wifi usb adapter is seen in Mint 20.1. However when I try to connect it let alone keep it connected after a reboot it refuses to do so. How can I make this happen?

[Pjotr]

If need be, establish temporary internet connection by other means.

Please generate an overview of your system like this (obviously with the TP Link adapter plugged in):
- Launch a terminal window (this is how to launch a terminal window);
- Make the terminal window full screen, to avoid chopped lines;
- Copy/paste this command into the terminal:

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inxi -Fxpmrz

(if you type: the letter F is a capital letter, and don't omit the space after inxi!)

Press Enter.

Copy/paste the output in your next message.

Do the same with the following four commands:

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rfkill list all

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iwconfig

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lsusb

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lspci

[JesseRBassett]

here is the output of that terminal command:

System:
Kernel: 5.8.0-50-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6200 Pro SFF PC
v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1497 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard
v: J01 v02.06 date: 06/09/2011
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard
charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: Discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 3.73 GiB used: 2.16 GiB (58.0%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-2120 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 26345
Speed: 1640 MHz min/max: 1600/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1642 2: 1641
3: 1611 4: 1599
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1360x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 20.2.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Device-2: N/A type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus ID: 2-1.7:5
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-50-generic
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU type: USB driver: rtl8xxxu
bus ID: 2-1.5:3
IF: wlx98482768e6cb state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 39.40 GiB (8.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500DM002-1BD142 size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 456.95 GiB used: 39.40 GiB (8.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511.0 MiB used: 1.0 MiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /run/timeshift/backup raw size: 465.26 GiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required> fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda5
ID-4: /snap/caprine/48 raw size: 64.5 MiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop0
ID-5: /snap/core/10958 raw size: 99.1 MiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop10
ID-6: /snap/core18/1997 raw size: 55.4 MiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop2
ID-7: /snap/g-assist/1 raw size: 82.7 MiB size: <superuser/root required>
used: <superuser/root required> fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop5
ID-8: /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145 raw size: 162.9 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop9
ID-9: /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515 raw size: 65.1 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop4
ID-10: /snap/iheartradio/5 raw size: 65.6 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop6
ID-11: /snap/mailspring/505 raw size: 191.6 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop8
ID-12: /snap/odrive-unofficial/2 raw size: 108.8 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop3
ID-13: /snap/snapd/11588 raw size: 32.3 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop7
ID-14: /snap/teams-for-linux/156 raw size: 55.4 MiB
size: <superuser/root required> used: <superuser/root required>
fs: squashfs dev: /dev/loop1
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linuxmint-daily-build-team-daily-builds-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/linuxmint-dail ... lds/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-beta.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yann1ck-onedrive-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/yann1ck/onedrive/ubuntu focal main
Info:
Processes: 261 Uptime: 1h 23m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

[JesseRBassett]

2nd terminal command output:
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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

[JesseRBassett]

3rd terminal output:

lo no wireless extensions.

eno1 no wireless extensions.

wlx98482768e6cb IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

[JesseRBassett]

next terminal output:


Bus 002 Device 005: ID 2ce3:c670
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2357:0109 TP-Link TL WN823N RTL8192EU
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[JesseRBassett]

last output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville) (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b4)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b4)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q65 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)

[JesseRBassett]

to the moderator-please mark this as solved. I got the WiFi working and its stable now. Thanks.

[sleeper12]

2nd terminal command output:
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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

This shows your wifi is (or was) soft blocked. if that's still the case, do:

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 rfkill unblock all