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bendurham441
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:40 am Post subject: Help Setting Up Wifi

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Hello there,

I have been able to get wired networking to work on my machine, but I have struggled a little bit with wifi. I think that I don't have all the kernel modules loaded that I need, but I can't seem to find the right one. Oddly, the wireless interface doesn't show up in ip link. Here is the relevant output of lspci:

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03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)

How would I go about loading the correct kernel modules in order to make this interface visible to ip link and ifconfig? Thank you in advance!

EDIT: I may have found out how to do so. I will report back soon with results.

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 1:52 am Post subject:

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You probably just need the firmware for the card.

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emerge -a sys-kernel/linux-firmware

edit: dmesg output would help

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