On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 at 13:21, Mayuresh Kathe mayuresh@kathe.in wrote:
it's a r8169 on a lenovo thinkpad e470 (i5 model).
The r8169 driver supports multiple chipsets. Please share your pci vendor/device id, so we can identify the exact chipset. Also, check the contents of /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/ and look for the various rtl8xxx firmwares.
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On 2018-11-19 01:01 PM, Dhruva lokegaonkar wrote:
Can you tell us what WiFi card your laptop has (or what laptop you use) WiFi should work fine out of the box but some cards need special drivers sometimes (like realtek)
On 19 November 2018 11:47:29 AM IST, Mayuresh Kathe mayuresh@kathe.in wrote:
hi,
i installed debian 9 on my laptop and it isn't supporting the wifi sub-system. i tried minimal-install of fedora 29 and the wifi is supported but remains unconfigured. so basically, the wifi drivers do exist under linux, just not under stock debian.
is there any particular variant of debian (other than ubuntu and derivates) i should try out to check if it would support wifi networking under my laptop?
thanks,
~mayuresh
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