#Cant connect to any wifi

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sterile tulip
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Yo hello everyone I'm new here and new to linux mint just had a fresh install and cant connect to any wifi... can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance

willow sable
sterile tulip
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Usb tethering works perfectly

willow sable
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ok but, Wifi never worked so ?

sterile tulip
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When I turn on wifi a list of available connections pops up and when trying to connect to any of them an error pops up and it just repeats the error that it couldnt connect

willow sable
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ok, what is the error message ?

sterile tulip
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Activation of network connection failed

willow sable
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in terminal type inxi -SMNxx and paste result here

sterile tulip
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System:
Host: shosh-B550-AORUS-ELITE-V2 Kernel: 6.17.0-20-generic arch: x86_64
bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FB
date: 11/14/2022
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
Device-2: D-Link driver: rtw88_8822cu type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-6.1:7 chip-ID: 2001:3329

sterile tulip
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@willow sable you still here?

willow sable
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it's a wifi USB dongle ?

sterile tulip
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yes

willow sable
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and try again

sterile tulip
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Already tried