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darega

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Registered: 2019-04-16

Posts: 4

Wireless not connecting

I just  uploaded q4os-3.12-i386-instcd.r3 in an old Acer Aspire L3600/year 2007 and 32bits.
I am trying to connecto to my wifi home network but I get the following message in a small window bottom right: TDENetwork Manager Connection attempt failed SSID Not found!
However the network shows up in the available networks and I even enter the password. I am able to connect with other computers (either running Windows or Linux Mint/Tails/Lite)and my mobile devices but not with this old Acer...
Anything I can do? May it be that I need a new wireless driver or a USB Adapter ( tried with with one but it didnt´work either)
Looking forward to some help!
Kind Regards,
DRG

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,334

Re: Wireless not connecting

First of all - please open Konsole and run

inxi -F

Copy and paste the output in your reply so we can see what wireless adapter you are using.

darega

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Registered: 2019-04-16

Posts: 4

Re: Wireless not connecting

Hi bin,
Thanks for your reply,
I did what you asked my and this is the output...not promissing as says "order not found"...
See attached.
Regards.
David RG

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bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,334

Re: Wireless not connecting

If you can get the machine on the web another way then you'll need to install inxi - I thought that they'd finally got round to including it in the ..........ah wait a bit you've used the 32 bit media. I don't think they've updated that with inxi.

However, if you can connect using the onboard ethernet then run

sudo apt install inxi

darega

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Registered: 2019-04-16

Posts: 4

Re: Wireless not connecting

Thanks again,
bin, I will connect my PC to the internet via the ethernet cable so I can run "sudo apt"

orkiman

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Registered: 2021-09-18

Posts: 1

Re: Wireless not connecting

hi bin!
may I replace darega as I have the same problem.
my built in wifi adapter shows my router but can't connect ("Connection attempt failed SSID Not found")
I connected usb wifi adapter and it works, but I prefer to use my built in adapter.
my built in adapter worked with my previous OS (puppy linux), so I know it's not hardware problem
I attach inxi -F output : (how do i attach??. I will paste it : )

System:
  Host: tv-pc Kernel: 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: Trinity R14.0.6 Distro: Q4OS 3.15.2-n1
Machine:
  Type: Laptop Mobo: GIGABYTE model: MMLP3AP-00 v: 1.x
  serial: <root required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: F4 date: 12/03/2013
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-4010U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  L2 cache: 3072 KiB
  Speed: 1168 MHz min/max: 800/1700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 975 2: 932
  3: 942 4: 915
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
  resolution: 1280x720~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-17-amd64
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
  driver: rtl8723ae
  IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: 54:27:1e:12:90:ec
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  driver: r8169
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: 74:d4:35:68:e5:39
  Device-3: Ralink MT7601U Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: mt7601u
  IF: wlx0036766f33eb state: up mac: 00:36:76:6f:33:eb
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 4.67 GiB (4.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A120G size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 101.36 GiB used: 4.67 GiB (4.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info:
  Processes: 150 Uptime: 7m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 452.8 MiB (11.7%)
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.32
tv@tv-pc:~$

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,334

Re: Wireless not connecting

OK the rtl8723ae driver is standard so should not be causing trouble - it's covered by the firmware-realtek package.

However......

Check to make sure any hardware wifi switch is set to on.

Open konsole
1. sudo rfkill list
You should see a list with the wireless adapter in it. If it shows as blocked then
sudo rfkill unblock (id) or just sudo rfkill unblock all (as I recall)

If still no joy

Open konsole
1. lspci
You should see a list of stuff and one of those should be the Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

1. Right click on the network icon in the system tray - bottom right
2. Deactivate Connection>Disable Wireless
3. Repeat but Enable Wireless

If you don't get the wifi light:-
1. Open konsole
2. sudo modprobe -r rtl8723ae
3. sudo modprobe rtl8723ae

If still no luck, in konsole, sudo apt reinstall firmware-realtek

Reboot and see what you get.