<SOLVED> Cannot configure WiFi/Network Controller

[Newblin]

Hi, guys! Total noob here. Switched from Windows recently and haven't been able to figure out how to set up WiFi on my Lenovo laptop. The option is not even shown. I only see the toggle for the wired connection and when I connect an Ethernet cable, it works.

When I do inxi -Fxzd based on this discussion here, I see that the network controller does not have a driver installed, but the Driver Manager is not prompting me to install anything and I am not really sure how to do that manually.

Tried the fix mentioned here as well, but it did nothing. (Someone mentioned it helped with Linux Mint as well on a different post I can't find now.)

Would appreciate any help.

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inxi -Fxzd

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-101-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21KH v: ThinkBook 16 G6 IRL
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: MMCN34WW date: 01/05/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.9 Wh (56.6%) condition: 72.2/71.0 Wh (101.6%)
    volts: 15.5 min: 15.4 model: Sunwoda L22D4PE1 status: Discharging
CPU:
  Info: 14-core (6-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: N/A rev: 2 cache: L1: 1.2 MiB L2: 11.5 MiB L3: 24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 869 high: 1254 min/max: 400/4800:5000:3700 cores:
    1: 1035 2: 840 3: 1062 4: 604 5: 775 6: 1254 7: 634 8: 1133 9: 846 10: 480
    11: 679 12: 884 13: 770 14: 869 15: 1042 16: 686 17: 983 18: 1044 19: 623
    20: 1147 bogomips: 116736
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: N/A bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Acer Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: vesa
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting gpu: N/A resolution: 1920x1200~77Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 256 bits)
    v: 4.5 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-101-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
  Device-2: Intel vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 3-10:5
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 32.88 GiB (3.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS001TEJ4X112N
    size: 953.87 GiB temp: 45.9 C
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 937.33 GiB used: 32.87 GiB (3.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 15.3 MiB (3.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: 46.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 409 Uptime: 7m Memory: 30.87 GiB used: 3.03 GiB (9.8%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 Packages: 2328 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13

rfkill list

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0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

sudo lshw -C network;mokutil --sb-state;lspci -nn|grep Network

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*-network:0 UNCLAIMED     
       description: Network controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 14.3
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:601d184000-601d187fff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1f.6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
       logical name: enp0s31f6
       version: 01
       serial: 84:ba:59:0d:fb:89
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=5.15.0-101-generic duplex=full firmware=0.2-4 ip=192.168.1.13 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:131 memory:82200000-8221ffff
SecureBoot disabled

iwconfig

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lo        no wireless extensions.

enp0s31f6  no wireless extensions.

lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device a706
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a7a0 (rev 04)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a71d
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a74d
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a76e
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device a74f
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device a71e
00:0d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device a73e
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH USB 3.2 xHCI Host Controller (rev 01)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 01)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 51f1 (rev 01)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 01)
00:15.3 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH Serial IO I2C Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 51b8 (rev 01)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 51bc (rev 01)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 519d (rev 01)
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ca (rev 01)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH SPI Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Device 0dc6 (rev 01)
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: SK hynix Device 1d59 (rev 03)
44:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)

[Pjotr]

This might help:
Update Manager - panel: View - Linux kernels
Install the latest kernel of the 6.5 series. Then reboot and test.

Note: in order to try this, you need temporary internet access by other means.

[diam0ndkiller]

I don't know if that is a thing with Intel devices, but maybe try using the Driver Manager? For that to work, you will need temporary network access via ethernet too. But your system information shows no driver for that device, and at least for some devices I know there to be proprietary driver available there.

[Newblin]

So, the Driver Manager didn't prompt me to install any updates, even after connecting to the internet via Ethernet cable. However, updating the kernel to 6.5.0.26.26 fixed it. The option was just there after the reboot. Guessing the drivers for my network controller are not included in the 5.etc version of the kernel, but are in the 6.5 version? In any case, thank you Pjotr. Marking as solved.

[MintMagoo]

I am wondering if testing of internet before installing should be included somehow in addition to "can not install or boot" in recommendation for using the Edge iso on newer hardware.