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Old 06-08-2017, 11:26 PM   #1
mervg
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Thumbs up Solved no network extensions mint 18.1


HP Pavilion x360 Convertable

"before"
Intel device 8086:24fb
ifconfig wlan0: no device found
iwconfig: lo no wireless extensions
'/etc/networ/interfaces: auto lo
iface ti inet loopback

"after"
ifconfig shows:
wlo1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 30:e3:7a:ab:59:00
inet addr:192.168.0.10 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::1d48:5a3:68f7:ef0e/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2600:8804:100:2f30:e4bb:6d66:f82e:1ec1/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2600:8804:100:2f30:dc31:ebd4:8662:cd01/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:33926 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:27768 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:30666325 (30.6 MB) TX bytes:5323485 (5.3 MB)

iwconfig shows:lo no wireless extensions.

wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"2A793C"
Mode:Managed Frequency:5.18 GHz Access Point: 5C:8F:E0:2A:79:3C
Bit Rate=433.3 Mb/s Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=61/70 Signal level=-49 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:34 Missed beacon:0

Wireless wifi is now on strong. Notice wlo1 instead of wlan0

after I Upgraded kernel to 4.10.0-22-generic, and after reboot: instant wifi connections.

A post stated the kernel version needed to be at least 4.6 for intel card.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...-samsung-np900

Last edited by mervg; 06-09-2017 at 10:44 AM. Reason: add info
 
Old 06-09-2017, 03:49 PM   #2
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