#Cannot connect to Wi-Fi - except for phone's hotspot

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dull fable Jul 14, 2025, 1:53 PM

lost my message. will rewrite it soon.

I'm running arch on a lenovo legion 5 Pro laptop:

 15:48:53 szade@arch-legion ~  fastfetch  -l none
szade@arch-legion
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OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: 82RG (Legion 5 Pro 16ARH7H)
Kernel: Linux 6.15.6-arch1-1
Uptime: 39 mins
Packages: 1555 (pacman), 13 (flatpak)
Shell: zsh 5.9
Resolution: 2560x1600 2560x1440
DE: GNOME 48.3
WM: Mutter (Wayland)
WM Theme: Adwaita
Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3/4]
Terminal: tilix 1.9.6
Terminal Font: AnonymicePro Nerd Font 11
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H (16) @ 4.79 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU [Discrete]
GPU: AMD Radeon 680M [Integrated]
Memory: 10224 MiB / 31269 MiB

I have a mt7922 mediatek network card:


pcilib: Error reading /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:08.3/label: Operation not permitted
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter [14c3:0616]
    DeviceName: Realtek
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:e0c6]
    Kernel driver in use: mt7921e

I cannot connect to my home wifi or any other one, except for my phone's hot-spot and sometimes a public open wi-fi.

 15:45:31 szade@arch-legion ~  nmcli device wifi rescan                
nmcli device wifi list

IN-USE  BSSID              SSID             MODE   CHAN  RATE        SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY  
        34:2C:C4:E8:45:9A  UPC9003584       Infra  11    130 Mbit/s  89      ▂▄▆█  WPA2      
        96:9A:4A:D4:67:0A  --               Infra  4     195 Mbit/s  80      ▂▄▆_  WPA2      
        90:9A:4A:D4:67:0A  TP-Link_670A     Infra  4     195 Mbit/s  77      ▂▄▆_  WPA1 WPA2 
*       DA:C6:55:E6:AA:EF  HONOR Magic V2   Infra  44    270 Mbit/s  77      ▂▄▆_  WPA2      
        34:2C:C4:E8:45:91  UPC9003584       Infra  100   405 Mbit/s  77      ▂▄▆_  WPA2      
        96:9A:4A:D4:67:09  --               Infra  44    270 Mbit/s  69      ▂▄▆_  WPA2      
        90:9A:4A:D4:67:09  TP-Link_670A_5G  Infra  44    270 Mbit/s  67      ▂▄▆_  WPA1 WPA2 
        2E:EE:52:59:E9:F4  --               Infra  6     195 Mbit/s  55      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        28:EE:52:59:E9:F4  TP-Link_E9F4     Infra  6     195 Mbit/s  52      ▂▄__  WPA1 WPA2 
        FC:6F:B7:3E:08:20  UPC241458003     Infra  1     130 Mbit/s  45      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        28:EE:52:59:E9:F3  TP-Link_E9F4_5G  Infra  36    270 Mbit/s  39      ▂▄__  WPA1 WPA2 
        2E:EE:52:59:E9:F3  --               Infra  36    270 Mbit/s  39      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        34:2C:C4:C5:92:63  UPC5591666       Infra  6     130 Mbit/s  37      ▂▄__  WPA2      
        EE:FA:BC:C3:9A:77  LIB20_1037669    Infra  6     11 Mbit/s   25      ▂___  WPA2      
        38:43:7D:45:E3:0A  UPC2847056       Infra  11    270 Mbit/s  24      ▂___  WPA1 WPA2

The TP-Link_670A and TP-Link_670A_5G are my home wifi's (2.4GHz and 5GHz versions). The HONOR Magic V2 is my phone's hot-spot.


Error: Connection activation failed: The Wi-Fi network could not be found.

I get this message every time I try.
Both the 2.4 GHz version and 5Ghz.

Thinks I tried:
For router settings:

I changed from automatic WPA/WPA2 to WPA2 only, tried both AES and TKIP encryption.
I disabled security (no password)

For laptop settings:

I tried rebooting multiple times.
I ran pacman -Syu etc.
I've tried both GUI and nmcli.
I've disabled the mac-randomization in networkmanager.
I used this tutorial: https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/blob/main/home/How_to_Install_Firmware_for_Mediatek_based_USB_WiFi_adapters.md
I booted a Ubuntu 25 LIVE CD - exact same results.

Not once connected to my home-wifi.
Please help.