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Thanks a million rdrsn51.

Travelmate has a dedicated switch to turn wifi on and off.

I noted that during bootup this was changed from on to off which I noted because of your suggestion.
Don't know if I had somehow corrupted system or download errors but when switched on after boot it allowed me ...

Ran the commands you suggested.
Output as follows:-

# ifconfig wlan0 up
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No error information

# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

# rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 wlan phy0 unblocked blocked
1 wlan acer-wireless unblocked ...

As requested.Does this help?

# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

eth0 no wireless extensions.

What does the ...

Hi williwaw,
I had installed and saved before rebooting so your assumption was correct.
Tried to install again today but told me already installed.



I assume you tried to install http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/no ... +1_all.deb and rebooted before you ran the commands in the easy version ...

Thanks again for all assistance from contributors.
I am not a seasoned linux user but rather a newbie with little knowledge.
Here is the output requested.
Does this mean that my computers BIOS is actually broken?

# lspci | grep Network
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit ...

Hi FeodorF,
Thanks for your prompt response and valuable information.
Now I understand why it is not working.
Hopefully it may be rectified in a future release but I understand that it may be low in BK's priority.




Network:
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver ...

Hi Caramel,
Sorry that I failed to mention that I am using EasyOS 4.5.5 and not original release.



Dunfell 4.5 does not recognise my wifi card in Acer Travelmate 6495 laptop.
However Dunfell 4.3 does recognise said wifi card.
Any suggestions to overcome problem or am I just unable to use latest ...

FeodorF

Thanks for your information. Using MXLinux I have the following information from my laptop.

Network: Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 3080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac ...

Sorry if this is the wrong way to seek help for my problem but I am new to this forum and EasyOS.
Dunfell 4.5 does not recognise my wifi card in Acer Travelmate 6495 laptop.
However Dunfell 4.3 does recognise said wifi card.
Any suggestions to overcome problem or am I just unable to use latest ...