[TP-LINK] External USB Wi-Fi Adapter Not Working on Axioo Notebook

ReYuki · 2024-08-31 06:24:40

I have an Axioo notebook that has been disassembled (it has no connected monitor, sound device, or touchpad).

The Axioo notebook
*The picture was taken before the external Wi-Fi adapter was plugged.

The Ethernet connection works fine, but the internal Wi-Fi card seems to be malfunctioning (it appears as blocked by hardware in the rfkill list).

[root@server ~]#  rfkill list
0: phy1: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
[root@server ~]#  nmcli r
WIFI-HW  WIFI      WWAN-HW  WWAN
enabled  disabled  missing  enabled
[root@server ~]# nmcli r wifi on
[root@server ~]#  nmcli
enp3s0f0: connected to Wired connection 1
        "JMicron JMC260"
        ethernet (jme), 00:90:F5:D3:8C:46, hw, mtu 1500
        ip4 default
        inet4 192.168.18.37/24
        route4 192.168.18.0/24 metric 100
        route4 default via 192.168.18.1 metric 100
        inet6 fe80::b063:7d54:ea3:89bd/64
        route6 fe80::/64 metric 1024

lo: connected (externally) to lo
        "lo"
        loopback (unknown), 00:00:00:00:00:00, sw, mtu 65536
        inet4 127.0.0.1/8
        inet6 ::1/128

wlp0s29f7u3: unavailable
        "TP-Link TL-WN722N v2/v3"
        wifi (rtl8xxxu), 3E:95:AF:05:40:4A, sw disabled, hw, mtu 1500

wlp1s0: unavailable
        "Realtek RTL8188CE"
        wifi (rtl8192ce), BA:36:7E:5D:85:84, sw disabled, hw, mtu 1500

DNS configuration:
        servers: 192.168.18.1
        interface: enp3s0f0

Use "nmcli device show" to get complete information about known devices and
"nmcli connection show" to get an overview on active connection profiles.

Consult nmcli(1) and nmcli-examples(7) manual pages for complete usage details.

The CMOS battery also seems to be accidentally damaged while dismantle it, but I don’t think it’s a major issue (it only show that the date will be inaccurate).

I have connected to my notebook through ssh and can post hardware details on linux-hardware.org (included dmesg log) and also the journalctl log.

My question is: Why is my external USB Wi-Fi adapter not working on this machine? Other devices, such as a USB wireless mini-keyboard, work fine, so I don’t think the USB port is the issue. As indicated in the dmesg log, the firmware loads without any problem, and both rfkill list and nmcli commands show that the external Wi-Fi is enabled. However, the network interface still appears as unmanaged and has the sw disabled property.

Last edited by ReYuki (2024-09-06 02:50:07)

ReYuki · 2024-08-31 06:45:16

aside from the main issue, I'm curious why when I plug the USB wireless keyboard dongle, the firmware says:

rtl8xxxu: probe of 1-8:1.0 failed with error -11

It's not a major problem—replugging the keyboard dongle usually fixes it.

edit: found the related post

Last edited by ReYuki (2024-08-31 06:48:35)

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#1 2024-08-31 06:24:40

[TP-LINK] External USB Wi-Fi Adapter Not Working on Axioo Notebook

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Re: [TP-LINK] External USB Wi-Fi Adapter Not Working on Axioo Notebook

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