WiFi adapter not found when scanning for network in Ubuntu

[JanPrusinowski]

Component

Dasharo firmware

Device

Protectli VP3230

Dasharo version

v0.9.0-rc2

Dasharo Tools Suite version

develop

Test case ID

WLE002.001 Wi-Fi scanning (Ubuntu)

Brief summary

WiFi adapter not found when scanning for network in Ubuntu

How reproducible

100%

How to reproduce

Boot machine to Ubuntu
Login as root
Execute:
lspci | grep "Network controller:" to verify if the network controller exists in the platform. you should receive: 3:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev ff)

nmcli radio wifi on
nmcli device wifi rescan

you will recieve: Error: No Wi-Fi device found.

Expected behavior

after waiting for a few seconds and executing: nmcli device wifi list a list of networks should be displaeyd

Actual behavior

Error: No Wi-Fi device found.

Screenshots

log - WLE.zip

Additional context

Under windows there is no problem with detecting the adapter and scanning for networks.

Solutions you've tried

No response

[mkopec]

can you paste the output from dmesg here? That would probably help a lot

[krystian-hebel]

This may or may not be the same as #961.

[miczyg1]

Could also be Wifi card FW issue: https://kb.protectli.com/kb/wifi-on-the-vault/#articleTOC_5

[krystian-hebel]

Yep, it was a card marked as 2145 so it probably was caused by wrong FW. Unfortunately, from the OS both revisions look identical, so it isn't possible to differentiate between them remotely, other than by trial and error.

[miczyg1]

Dmesg would tell us what went wrong. But it isn't probably Dasharo's fault. Just software/driver/card FW fault that the card is not operable in OS.