Debian Install - No WiFi (or internet)
by jspelts from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5BN78)
I repartitioned the hard drive and installed Buster on my HP laptop. Times as they are I don't have internet at home, so I went to the mall and used their WiFi. I created a bootable USB and destroyed Windows 10. It was great.
What I didn't know was that WiFi wouldn't work after installing Debian, so I ended up with Xfce instead of Gnome. Problem is, I need to get WiFi working in order to connect to the internet and install Gnome and other fun stuff.
I did some digging, found out it's a driver issue. So I punched in the following command:
lspci -nn | grep -i
And it gave me this:
00:0c.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:31dc] (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co, Ltd. RTL8111/8186/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8186] (rev 15)
Question is this:
1) How do I find the correct drivers for my chip setup?
Thanks for any and all help!


What I didn't know was that WiFi wouldn't work after installing Debian, so I ended up with Xfce instead of Gnome. Problem is, I need to get WiFi working in order to connect to the internet and install Gnome and other fun stuff.
I did some digging, found out it's a driver issue. So I punched in the following command:
lspci -nn | grep -i
And it gave me this:
00:0c.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:31dc] (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co, Ltd. RTL8111/8186/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8186] (rev 15)
Question is this:
1) How do I find the correct drivers for my chip setup?
Thanks for any and all help!