No wifi since change to iwctl

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Hi!

Since the change from netclt my wifi stopped working.

Wifi on the installation disk works perfectly, but the OS installed on my Surface Pro doesn’t.

I’ve got the following output:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 80>
Subsystem: SafeNet (wrong ID) Device 045e
Kernel driver in use: mwifiex_pcie
Kernel modules: mwifiex_pcie

I think I need to install the device driver?

I’ve tried ip link but it can’t find anything. It should show as wlp1s0.

Please help!

Many thanks
Alex

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Hi @crow_friend, and welcome!

In order for us or anyone for that matter, to be able to provide assistance, more information is necessary. To that end, please see:

Hope you manage!

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Edit:

According to linux-harware.org it works:

So it seems it might be a different reason.

Edit 2:

According to: