You need to run "ifconfig -a" to show all interfaces including "down"
network hardware, otherwise it defaults to only show up interfaces.
On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 4:54 PM Paolo Galtieri <pgaltieri(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a Dell XPS 15 9500 laptop. I've already listed other issues with
> this laptop running Fedora 33. Here's a new one :(
>
> lspic -k shows the following:
>
> 0:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi
> Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device 1651
> Kernel modules: iwlwifi
>
> lsmod shows the following:
>
> lsmod | grep iwl
> iwlwifi 344064 0
> cfg80211 954368 1 iwlwifi
>
> So the appropriate wireless driver is loaded, however ifconfig shows the
> following devices:
>
> enp0s20f0u1u4: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 192.168.10.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255
> inet6 fe80::7484:4652:d8fb:2914 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
> ether 00:e0:4c:68:0b:68 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 22169 bytes 20677661 (19.7 MiB)
> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 20374 bytes 7329505 (6.9 MiB)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
> loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
> RX packets 25 bytes 3400 (3.3 KiB)
> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 25 bytes 3400 (3.3 KiB)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
> virbr0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 192.168.122.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.122.255
> ether 52:54:00:d9:35:63 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
> vmnet1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 192.168.203.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.203.255
> inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
> ether 00:50:56:c0:00:01 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 142 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
> vmnet8: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 172.16.96.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 172.16.96.255
> inet6 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
> ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 142 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
>
> Note there is no wireless device listed.
>
> So what do I need to do to get wireless working on this laptop under Fedora?
>
> Paolo
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