05:00:0 Network Controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Issuing lscpi -v to get a bit more information on the Wifi adapter device shows the following. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)Ġ5:00:0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 03:00:0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. I can confirm that it 'IS' there as the output from issuing that command is as follows. Since the above did not show a 'wl.' interface I wondered if my wireless device would even show up by issuing a lscpi command. 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00Ģ: enp3s0: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether e8:6a:64:b1:83:b1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ffģ: virbr0: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:82:13:75 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ffĤ: virbr0-nic: mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master virbr0 state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:82:13:75 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff The command ip link displays the following. So I'm stuck on why it's not working with RedHat and need some help. Prior to installing RedHat I had Ubuntu installed and the wifi was working fine. So it appears to not be specific to my setup. My friend and I both have the same laptops (E480 Thinkpads) and he happened to see the same thing when he installed Centos7.

In the status bar up at the top there is also no wifi icon indicator either. Going into 'Settings->Wi-Fi' shows the message 'No Wi-Fi Adapter Found.make sure you have a Wi-Fi adapter plugged and turned on'. Noticed that I'm unable to connect to wifi.

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