can't get PCIe wifi adaptor to work
by abh from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5EWB6)
After installing the firmware from the Debian buster repositories, I got no complaints after a restart:
# dmesg | grep firmware
rtl18192ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rt18192eefw.bin
rtl18192ee 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin
r8169 0000:03:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
And all the drivers are loaded:
$ lsmod | grep rtl
rt18192ee 98304 0
btcoexist 143360 1 rtl8192ee
rtl_pci 32768 1 rtl8192ee
rtlwifi 65536 3 rtl8192ee,rtl_pci,btcoexist
mac80211 569344 3 rtl8192ee,rtl_pci,rtlwifi
cfg80211 499712 2 mac80211,rtlwifi
I have also checked using rfkill that the wlan interface is unblocked. Despite all this I get "No wireless networks found" from wicd and /proc/net/wireless is empty. There's a windows machine in here that picks up the wireless.
I'm at my wits end because I had the identical experience with a usb wifi adapter. What could I be missing?
By the way, the pci adapter is a tp-link TL-WN881ND (using Realtek firmware) and the usb adapter is tp-link TL-WN722N (using Atheros firmare).
# dmesg | grep firmware
rtl18192ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rt18192eefw.bin
rtl18192ee 0000:02:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin
r8169 0000:03:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
And all the drivers are loaded:
$ lsmod | grep rtl
rt18192ee 98304 0
btcoexist 143360 1 rtl8192ee
rtl_pci 32768 1 rtl8192ee
rtlwifi 65536 3 rtl8192ee,rtl_pci,btcoexist
mac80211 569344 3 rtl8192ee,rtl_pci,rtlwifi
cfg80211 499712 2 mac80211,rtlwifi
I have also checked using rfkill that the wlan interface is unblocked. Despite all this I get "No wireless networks found" from wicd and /proc/net/wireless is empty. There's a windows machine in here that picks up the wireless.
I'm at my wits end because I had the identical experience with a usb wifi adapter. What could I be missing?
By the way, the pci adapter is a tp-link TL-WN881ND (using Realtek firmware) and the usb adapter is tp-link TL-WN722N (using Atheros firmare).