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The only wireless network available is "Local"

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I'm running Linux Mint on a laptop, and while it used to connect to the wifi, now the only wireless network it shows is "Local".

ifconfig:

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enp0s31f6: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        ether 10:65:30:11:dc:b7  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
        device interrupt 16  memory 0xef300000-ef320000  

enx325714533016: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 172.20.10.5  netmask 255.255.255.240  broadcast 172.20.10.15
        inet6 2607:fb90:e98a:17e8:c5f3:37b6:133b:2b50  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        inet6 fe80::39ba:7df2:821:fa11  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        inet6 2607:fb90:e98a:17e8:3ad9:40da:15c2:de4d  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
        ether 32:57:14:53:30:16  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 25166  bytes 22293797 (22.2 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 17464  bytes 4155876 (4.1 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 2145  bytes 234650 (234.6 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2145  bytes 234650 (234.6 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 10.42.0.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.42.0.255
        inet6 fe80::45bb:d3ea:871b:1c4  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 10:f0:05:eb:f4:ab  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 1  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 200  bytes 39052 (39.0 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
inxi -Fxz :

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7490 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: N/A serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.25.0
    date: 03/24/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 56.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 56.3/59.3 Wh (95.1%)
    volts: 8.7 min: 7.6 model: LGC-LGC7.780 DELL 2X39G status: Full
  Device-1: apple_mfi_fastcharge model: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1783 high: 2899 min/max: 400/4200 cores: 1: 800 2: 947
    3: 1811 4: 2135 5: 2899 6: 2777 7: 1884 8: 1018 bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5:4
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-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 Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: enx325714533016 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-7:5
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 122.6 GiB (13.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD Blue SN570 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB temp: 31.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 530.83 GiB used: 61.28 GiB (11.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 31.4 MiB (6.1%) 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: 59.0 C pch: 42.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 292 Uptime: 17m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 2.57 GiB (16.6%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 Packages: 3426 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13

Currently using my phone hotspot over a wired cable
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Re: The only wireless network available is "Local"

Post by jfk_airport_official »

SOLVED! My Laptop hotspot was on.

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