Hello,



Here on a laptop does `ip link` see a WIFI device,
but `nmcli device` does not.

How to make NetworkManager aware of a WIFI device?



root@nero:~# ip --brief link show
lo               UNKNOWN        00:00:00:00:00:00 <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> 
enp8s0           UP             04:7d:7b:d4:3d:68 
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> 
wwx028037ec0200  DOWN           02:80:37:ec:02:00 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> 
flannel.1        UNKNOWN        9a:1c:92:d7:74:6e 
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> 
cni0             UP             9a:24:14:8e:7e:4f 
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> 
vethbb627e99@if2 UP             c6:35:08:02:62:cf 
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> 
veth55e989ba@if2 UP             fe:c2:75:81:20:d9 
<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> 
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root@nero:~# ip --brief link show | grep ^w
wwx028037ec0200  DOWN           02:80:37:ec:02:00 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> 
root@nero:~# nmcli radio wifi
enabled
root@nero:~# nmcli dev wifi
root@nero:~# nmcli dev wwx028037ec0200
Error: argument 'wwx028037ec0200' not understood. Try passing --help instead.
root@nero:~# nmcli -f ALL dev wifi
root@nero:~# ip link set dev wwx028037ec0200 up
root@nero:~# ip --brief link show | grep ^w
wwx028037ec0200  DOWN           02:80:37:ec:02:00 
<NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> 
root@nero:~# nmcli dev wifi
root@nero:~# nmcli radio wifi
enabled
root@nero:~# nmcli dev wifi rescan
Error: No Wi-Fi device found.
root@nero:~# nmcli dev
DEVICE        TYPE      STATE                   CONNECTION         
enp8s0        ethernet  connected               Wired connection 1 
cni0          bridge    connected (externally)  cni0               
flannel.1     vxlan     connected (externally)  flannel.1          
ttyACM1       gsm       unavailable             --                 
veth030c0908  ethernet  unmanaged               --                 
veth55e989ba  ethernet  unmanaged               --                 
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lo            loopback  unmanaged               --                 
root@nero:~# 



Groeten
Geert Stappers
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