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I'm currently trying to get wifi running on my debian machine which I've installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad P51.

So I've already installed Network manager and the wireless tools but unfortunately, this is where I'm stuck. I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I need to install. How do I find out ?

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You need to provide the output of lspci and lsusb in your question. In particular the line(s) that mention your WiFi and/or Network devices.
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I'm currently trying to get wifi running on my debian machine which I've installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad P51.

edited Jan 14 at 15:26

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You need to provide the output of lspci and lsusb in your question. In particular the line(s) that mention your WiFi and/or Network devices.
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I'm currently trying to get wifi running on my debian machine which I've installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad P51.

edited Jan 14 at 15:26

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asked Jan 14 at 14:17

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I'm currently trying to get wifi running on my debian machine which I've installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad P51.

edited Jan 14 at 15:26

Jeff Schaller

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asked Jan 14 at 14:17

user43418

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edited Jan 14 at 15:26

Jeff Schaller

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edited Jan 14 at 15:26

Jeff Schaller

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edited Jan 14 at 15:26

Jeff Schaller

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asked Jan 14 at 14:17

user43418

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asked Jan 14 at 14:17

user43418

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asked Jan 14 at 14:17

user43418

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closed as off-topic by Rui F Ribeiro, GAD3R, Jeff Schaller, G-Man, Romeo Ninov Jan 15 at 8:11

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You need to provide the output of lspci and lsusb in your question. In particular the line(s) that mention your WiFi and/or Network devices.
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You need to provide the output of lspci and lsusb in your question. In particular the line(s) that mention your WiFi and/or Network devices.
â€“Â roaima
Jan 14 at 19:25

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I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I
need to install. How do I find out ?

Please read the official Debian documentation.

If you follow the instructions there you should be able to get wireless working. My guess is that you will need to add a non-free component to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib

and then install the required firmware (quite possibly iwlwifi).

But... do read the documentation first. If you are still stuck after that, get back with as much detail you can provide.

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

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Or to add to @user1404316, after you have checked your hardware (web search does suggest Intel 8265) then linux support is also offered at intel.com

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

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maulinglawns's answer is generally correct. Here's the short cut I took to get an specific answer for you.

Find the brand and model number of your wifi chipset. I did this by
web-searching for "Lenovo p51 wifi" and came up with "Intel 8265".

Per maulinglawn's answer, add the non-free debian repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list. The simplest, mindless way to do this is echo "deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.

Perform apt-get update in order to load the information for the new repository.

Look for a debian package for that firmware. apt-cache search "firmware-" |grep Intel. This displayed a promising result,
firmware-iwlwifi.

Double-check. apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi |less. Search for
8265 using the search feature of the less pager by pressing forward
slash "/" followed by 8265.

So it seems that installing package firmware-iwlwifi from the
standard debian repository should do the trick. Let us know how it went!

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

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Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
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Jan 14 at 16:31

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3 Answers
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3 Answers
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active

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up vote
4
down vote

accepted

I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I
need to install. How do I find out ?

Please read the official Debian documentation.

If you follow the instructions there you should be able to get wireless working. My guess is that you will need to add a non-free component to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib

and then install the required firmware (quite possibly iwlwifi).

But... do read the documentation first. If you are still stuck after that, get back with as much detail you can provide.

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

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up vote
4
down vote

accepted

I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I
need to install. How do I find out ?

Please read the official Debian documentation.

If you follow the instructions there you should be able to get wireless working. My guess is that you will need to add a non-free component to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib

and then install the required firmware (quite possibly iwlwifi).

But... do read the documentation first. If you are still stuck after that, get back with as much detail you can provide.

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

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up vote
4
down vote

accepted

I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I
need to install. How do I find out ?

Please read the official Debian documentation.

If you follow the instructions there you should be able to get wireless working. My guess is that you will need to add a non-free component to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib

and then install the required firmware (quite possibly iwlwifi).

But... do read the documentation first. If you are still stuck after that, get back with as much detail you can provide.

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

5,4732822

I read that I need to install a driver but I'm not sure which one I
need to install. How do I find out ?

Please read the official Debian documentation.

If you follow the instructions there you should be able to get wireless working. My guess is that you will need to add a non-free component to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib

and then install the required firmware (quite possibly iwlwifi).

But... do read the documentation first. If you are still stuck after that, get back with as much detail you can provide.

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

5,4732822

edited Jan 14 at 14:50

answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

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answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

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answered Jan 14 at 14:35

maulinglawns

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Or to add to @user1404316, after you have checked your hardware (web search does suggest Intel 8265) then linux support is also offered at intel.com

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

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Or to add to @user1404316, after you have checked your hardware (web search does suggest Intel 8265) then linux support is also offered at intel.com

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

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up vote
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Or to add to @user1404316, after you have checked your hardware (web search does suggest Intel 8265) then linux support is also offered at intel.com

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

1,164214

Or to add to @user1404316, after you have checked your hardware (web search does suggest Intel 8265) then linux support is also offered at intel.com

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

1,164214

answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

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answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

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answered Jan 14 at 17:26

bu5hman

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maulinglawns's answer is generally correct. Here's the short cut I took to get an specific answer for you.

Find the brand and model number of your wifi chipset. I did this by
web-searching for "Lenovo p51 wifi" and came up with "Intel 8265".

Per maulinglawn's answer, add the non-free debian repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list. The simplest, mindless way to do this is echo "deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.

Perform apt-get update in order to load the information for the new repository.

Look for a debian package for that firmware. apt-cache search "firmware-" |grep Intel. This displayed a promising result,
firmware-iwlwifi.

Double-check. apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi |less. Search for
8265 using the search feature of the less pager by pressing forward
slash "/" followed by 8265.

So it seems that installing package firmware-iwlwifi from the
standard debian repository should do the trick. Let us know how it went!

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
â€“Â user1404316
Jan 14 at 16:31

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
-1
down vote

maulinglawns's answer is generally correct. Here's the short cut I took to get an specific answer for you.

Find the brand and model number of your wifi chipset. I did this by
web-searching for "Lenovo p51 wifi" and came up with "Intel 8265".

Per maulinglawn's answer, add the non-free debian repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list. The simplest, mindless way to do this is echo "deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.

Perform apt-get update in order to load the information for the new repository.

Look for a debian package for that firmware. apt-cache search "firmware-" |grep Intel. This displayed a promising result,
firmware-iwlwifi.

Double-check. apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi |less. Search for
8265 using the search feature of the less pager by pressing forward
slash "/" followed by 8265.

So it seems that installing package firmware-iwlwifi from the
standard debian repository should do the trick. Let us know how it went!

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
â€“Â user1404316
Jan 14 at 16:31

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
-1
down vote

maulinglawns's answer is generally correct. Here's the short cut I took to get an specific answer for you.

Find the brand and model number of your wifi chipset. I did this by
web-searching for "Lenovo p51 wifi" and came up with "Intel 8265".

Per maulinglawn's answer, add the non-free debian repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list. The simplest, mindless way to do this is echo "deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.

Perform apt-get update in order to load the information for the new repository.

Look for a debian package for that firmware. apt-cache search "firmware-" |grep Intel. This displayed a promising result,
firmware-iwlwifi.

Double-check. apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi |less. Search for
8265 using the search feature of the less pager by pressing forward
slash "/" followed by 8265.

So it seems that installing package firmware-iwlwifi from the
standard debian repository should do the trick. Let us know how it went!

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

maulinglawns's answer is generally correct. Here's the short cut I took to get an specific answer for you.

Find the brand and model number of your wifi chipset. I did this by
web-searching for "Lenovo p51 wifi" and came up with "Intel 8265".

Per maulinglawn's answer, add the non-free debian repository to your
/etc/apt/sources.list. The simplest, mindless way to do this is echo "deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.

Perform apt-get update in order to load the information for the new repository.

Look for a debian package for that firmware. apt-cache search "firmware-" |grep Intel. This displayed a promising result,
firmware-iwlwifi.

Double-check. apt-cache show firmware-iwlwifi |less. Search for
8265 using the search feature of the less pager by pressing forward
slash "/" followed by 8265.

So it seems that installing package firmware-iwlwifi from the
standard debian repository should do the trick. Let us know how it went!

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

edited Jan 14 at 17:20

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

answered Jan 14 at 15:33

user1404316

2,314520

Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
â€“Â user1404316
Jan 14 at 16:31

add a commentÂ |Â

Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
â€“Â user1404316
Jan 14 at 16:31

Umm... The firmware-iwlwifi is not in the standard Debian repository: wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi
â€“Â maulinglawns
Jan 14 at 16:28

By gads, you're right! So sorry. I'll edit my post now.
â€“Â user1404316
Jan 14 at 16:31

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