Sorry for the delay in responding.
@captain-sensible I am running Peppermint 7.
I did:
Code:
$ sudo apt-get install intel-microcode
and it says already installed.
Code:
sudo apt-cache pkgnames linux-firmware
gives
linux-firmware
@dos2unix here is what you requested:
Code:
nmcli dev show
gives
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:26:C7:A2:6F:CE
GENERAL.MTU: 0
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.DEVICE: enp1s0
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.HWADDR: 88:AE:1D:9D:DF:AF
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 20 (unavailable)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: off
GENERAL.DEVICE: lo
GENERAL.TYPE: loopback
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:00:00:00:00:00
GENERAL.MTU: 65536
GENERAL.STATE: 10 (unmanaged)
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
IP4.ADDRESS[1]: 127.0.0.1/8
IP4.GATEWAY:
IP6.ADDRESS[1]: ::1/128
IP6.GATEWAY:
and then:
Code:
nmcli dev wifi list
gives
* SSID MODE CHAN RATE SIGNAL BARS SECURITY
BornToRun Infra 5 54 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
BornToRun Infra 5 54 Mbit/s 100 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
BornToRun Infra 5 54 Mbit/s 94 ▂▄▆█ WPA2
BornToRun Infra 5 54 Mbit/s 55 ▂▄__ WPA2
next:
Code:
netstat -i 5
gives:
Kernel Interface table
Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
enp1s0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BMU
lo 65536 0 5822 0 0 0 5822 0 0 0 LRU
wlp2s0 1500 0 509 0 3 0 352 0 0 0 BMU
@dos2unix:
Code:
lsmod | grep "iwlwifi"
gives
iwlwifi 200704 1 iwldvm
cfg80211 565248 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
next:
Code:
dmesg |grep firmware
gives
[ 21.655741] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 39.31.5.1 build 35138 op_mode iwldvm
[ 4893.313603] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Loaded firmware version: 39.31.5.1 build 35138
To recap - all of the above (in this specific post) were done with only the internal Wifi adapter. The USB one is not connected at this time. It seems like the driver is installed and working?
I have a very strong Wifi signal where I am doing this testing. I did do some testing previously with booting to a thumb drive with Peppermint 10, but as I recall, the system ran quite a bit slower, and it didn't seem related to running from the thumb drive, but I can do some more testing with that.
This laptop has been running for 2-3 years with this install of Peppermint 7 and the Wifi was fine.
Thanks again for any help you can provide.