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many thanks to all the nuggets of wisdom. I have solved the problem by blacklisting the offending device "dell-rbtn". my wifi is now up!

here is the m/c config - 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 0b) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b) 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 0b) 00:14.0...

i am using cinnamon desktop. Would the above steps change?

i used this iso to install: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-10.10.0-amd64-netinst.iso ,followed by apt update to make install current. Next, i edited apt source list to include non-free to get and install iwlwifi; iwlwifi is available only in non-free. All this...

@kc1di : "firmware-iwlwifi is already the newest version" when i tried to install per wiki. tried to do modprobe -r iwlwifi i get message: "Fatal: Module is in use"

apologies for not posting with original post! Stuff already done: 1. the file iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode is in the /lib/firmware dir 2. rfkill list all shows Wireless lan : Soft and Hard blocked = Yes 3. rfkill unblock all does nothing 4. hardware: the wireless and bluetooth are "hardware" enabled...

hello - am newbie here. need advice how to get my laptop wifi adapter to work on Debian 10/Buster. machine specs: Dell Inspiron 7537. Wireless module: Intel Wireless-N 7260 thx tC