Linux mint 21.2 wireless Wifi adapter not working.

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I'm dual-booting linux mint 21.2 (linux: 5.15.0-88-generic) and windows 10, but I can't connect to the internet. There are no Wifi options, and when I'm using usb tethering from my phone I see this in the network panel:
Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller cable unplugged Archer T4U plus AC 1300

I have installed the drivers for the adapter (I think). This is the output of lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [1462:7c31]
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168
I have turned off fast boot and secure boot. And also used r8169 instead to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Realtek drivers gave me issues years back too.

Let's see what our member @Brickwizard has to say. He's better with the Realtek stuff than I am.
 
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Ok If you're running MINT then from the terminal run inxi -Nn [I would ask you to post back the report if possible] at this stage I suspect no or wrong wi-fi driver [but it could also be a hard block, but this is less likely]
 
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Brickwizard said:
Welcome to the forums
Ok If you're running MINT then from the terminal run inxi -Nn [I would ask you to post back the report if possible] at this stage I suspect no or wrong wi-fi driver [but it could also be a hard block, but this is less likely]
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Here you go:

Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8168
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: won't share
IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half
mac: won't share
 
Oliveinparis said:
Nothing changed or I did it incorrectly...
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please go to a terminal and post back the outputs of these commands
Code: 
inxi -Nn

rfkill list
 
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This a hefty one:
System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-88-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B365M PRO-VH (MS-7C31) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.62
date: 11/16/2021
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-9400F bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Coffee Lake rev: D cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1524 high: 3312 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
3: 924 4: 3312 5: 2344 6: 968 bogomips: 34798
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: DP-2 empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f08
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: DP-2 model: AOC 24G2W1G4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
diag: 604mm (23.8")
OpenGL: renderer: NV166 v: 4.3 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-88-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8168 v: 8.049.02-NAPI pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Google Nexus/Pixel Device (tether+ debug) type: USB
driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 1-14:4 chip-ID: 18d1:4ee4
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 12.28 GiB (2.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 447.13 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 36.37 GiB used: 11.03 GiB (30.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 31.1 MiB (32.4%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 150.2 GiB used: 1.22 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda10
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 9.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 26.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 858
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2136
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/dist/linuxmint/packages victoria main upstream import backport
2: deb http://ubuntu-archive.mirror.serveriai.lt jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://ubuntu-archive.mirror.serveriai.lt jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://ubuntu-archive.mirror.serveriai.lt jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 253 Uptime: 21m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 2.08 GiB (13.4%)
Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12
Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

and rfkill list didn't return anything?
 
According to the read out here you do not have a wifi card. The r8111 is your ethernet card.
if you are connected to ethernet try unplugging it and run inxi Nn again. And the rfkill command.
some rigs disconnect the wifi if ethernet is connected.
 
from what i gather you may have the wrong driver, looking at the RTL website, the 8168 driver is only for Kernels up to 5.1, for later kernels they are offering [not used it myself]

Directly Download - REALTEK

www.realtek.com www.realtek.com
 
kc1di said:
Glad you got it going. Was it a usb wifi dongle? that would explain it. In any event enjoy!
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I don't really know the difference, but as I looked online it was a USB WiFi T4U archer plus adapter, not a small dongle.
 
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