[Internet] Wi-fi

[james32]

How to connect to wi-fi on kubuntu 18.04? what is SSID, MODE, BAND and CHANNEL? Where do I put password, wi-fi service info? Thanks

[claydoh]

Click on the network icon on your systray. Select the wifi you want to connect to. Click on the 'connect' button, and enter the password.

Now, if you don't see this, you probably don't have your wifi card set up, likely needs a driver. You will need to give us hardware info if this is the case

[james32]

The networks button only shows wired connection. When I click on wifi it shows nothing. If by hardware you mean my computer, it is a Dell 3520 laptop. Might I need a driver?

[claydoh]

We would need to know the wifi device info.

Paste the output of the command lspci

and also the output of the command rfkill list

[claydoh]

Also, check the Driver Manager in System Settings and see if it offers anything for wifi.
One thing you can try right off the bat is to disable Secure Boot in your bios,. that sometimes helps with some devices.

[james32]

CLAYDOH:

The command lspci brought the following: "07:00.0 network controller: qualcom Atheros AR9485 wireless network adapter (Rev. 1)

Driver manager in System Settings says "Your system requires no proprietary
driver"

james32

[GreyGeek]

Your AR9485 is a 1X1 SB (i.e, Single Band 2.4GHz device. No 5GHz band).
It uses the ath9k driver. So does my AR9462 wifi chip.

The fact that it lists using lscpi proves that it is being seen by the system.

DO
$ lsmod | grep ath
and see if you get something like the following.

ath3k                  24576  0
ath9k                 151552  0
ath9k_common           36864  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              475136  2 ath9k_common,ath9k
bluetooth             581632  42 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,ath3k,btusb,rfcomm
ath                    36864  3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211              843776  1 ath9k
cfg80211              704512  4 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath,mac80211

If you do then your wifi chip is being recognized and installed, and perhaps all you need to do is open the NetworkManager and configure your access point.

If it doesn't show in the mod list then try
sudo modprobe mac80211
sudo modprobe ath9k

and lsmod again.

[james32]

The ath9k shows in the mod list. When I click on wifi it calls for the following: "SSID, mode, band and channel, What do I use for these.? My router is a spectrumsetup-a3 and my password is outletwalnut734.

Apparently there is something else wrong with my laptop. I will have someone look at it locally. Thank you all for trying to help.