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Stevo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 10:02 pm We need to see the QSI from when the wi-fi is working, please.

Not when it is broken.

Yes, but I updated the Linux distro and it stopped working.

I'm going to install the latest version of Mx Linux with the most up-to-date kernel and test it.

I'll post here again in the topic

There is a link to download the package, so I can download and install it. I appreciate your help. The drivers one downloads from Realtek are absolute garbage, to be kind. There aren't any updates coming from MX to fix wi-fi on 6.1 kernels. A 6.1 kernel update from Debian should not break wi-fi, so ...

this is the link https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0bda-f179&hwid=0f544e922873 it says mx linux failed, which mx linux link is correct The kernel used in the link you provided shows 6.1.0-23-amd64. Have you tried a 6.2 or later kernel? I haven't tested the new kernel yet, I update as the mx linux ...

Apparently support for that PCI ID number was added to the rtl8xxxu kernel driver with kernel 6.2. We have a wide selection of kernels newer than that available. You should also update firmware-realtek from Debian backports with MXPI. We also have it in AHS, but installing the backports version ...

this is the link
https://linux-hardware.org/?id=usb:0bda ... 544e922873

it says mx linux failed, which mx linux link is correct

Apparently support for that PCI ID number was added to the rtl8xxxu kernel driver with kernel 6.2. We have a wide selection of kernels newer than that available. You should also update firmware-realtek from Debian backports with MXPI. We also have it in AHS, but installing the backports version ...

@luigi lins wrote: Okay, I'll check the router and turn off 5G. Leave only 2.4GHz and restart the computer and test. I think that you have misunderstood my intent. You don't disable the 5 GHz network. You instead need to configure the 2.4 GHz network to only use the 'g' protocol. Note: on some ...

@luigi lins wrote: I checked that the 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi signal is enabled on the router and I am connected to the notebook normally. The problem is with the Cpu that I set up for other resources and it does not recognize the router adapter. In MX Linux, the signal does not appear. :confused: You missed ...

Device-2: Realtek RTL8188FTV 802.11b/g/n 1T1R 2.4G WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:f179 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> The key to getting any b/g/n card to work is to force it to use 'g' band, The driver will default to using 'n' because it is theoretically the ...

Okay, I'll try, check the 2.4 Ghz band on the router

I'll come back here later and let you know

Thanks