On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 at 23:51, kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 6:34 AM David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 23:39, kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:45 PM IL Ka <kazakevichi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter >> >> >> ok, this is your card. >> >> >> Lets see output of >> >> $ iw dev [your_dev_name] >> >> > Pardon me, but what should I type for [your_dev_name] ? >> >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 at 00:15, kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:18 PM David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> >> > wrote: >> >> >> inxi -Fdflmnopuv7 (my own incantation) should say something like: >> >> >> Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus >> >> ID: 02:00.0 >> >> chip ID: 8086:08b2 >> >> IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 01:23:45:67:89:ab >> >> >> ↑↑↑↑↑↑ is the name you need. >> >> >> BTW, iw may need root or sudo to perform some functions. >> >> > Are you referring to this? >> >> > Device-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter >> > vendor: Wistron NeWeb driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 2000 >> > bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:4727 >> > Device-2: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co >> > driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: 5000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 11ab:4354 >> > IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: e8:11:32:22:69:43 >> > IF-ID-1: wlp3s0b1 state: up mac: 00:1b:b1:aa:c1:8c >> >> Hi kaye, >> >> so the answer to your first question above is >> >> (as root) >> # iw dev wlp3s0b1 >> >> or >> >> $ sudo iw dev wlp3s0b1 >> >> Because wlp3s0b1 is the name given by your kernel to >> your Broadcom Wireless Network Adapter. And this iw command >> should be run with superuser privileges as David stated >> above. >> >> Similarly, enp7s0 is the name given by your kernel to your >> Samsung PCIE Ethernet card. >> >> Also, when showing command output to people trying to assist >> you, don't ever omit the actual command that generated the >> output. Because it is a crucial aspect of the information sharing >> process. > > This command, > sudo iw dev wlp3s0b1 > > resulted in a really long output that looks like a manual and started with > this line:
Yeah, sorry, I just jumped into the thread half way and I didn't check what you were advised to do previously (above), it is incomplete. I think the output that they wanted to see would be given by these three commands: sudo iw dev wlp3s0b1 info sudo iw dev wlp3s0b1 link sudo iw dev wlp3s0b1 station dump
