[CLOSED] No connections

I recently installed Zorin as a standalone OS on my new build but have not been able to get any internet connections. I've tried many solutions but have not been successful with any. My lasted attempt which was adding drivers through Windows Wireless Drivers has now made my connections no longer visible and i have been unsuccessful in getting them to return even after removing drivers. Results of commands are as follows.

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ ifconfig -a

enp1s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:ce:39:cd:7e:65
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xd000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1792 (1.7 KB) TX bytes:1792 (1.7 KB)

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ lspci -nnk

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5904] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5904]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5916] (rev 02)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5916]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Gaussian Mixture Model [8086:1911]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Skylake Gaussian Mixture Model [8086:1911]
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31]
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI [8086:9d3a] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI [8086:9d3a]
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d13] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port [8086:9d14] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d18] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d58] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d58]
00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21]
Kernel driver in use: intel_pmc_core
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d71] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Device [1d09:0101]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23]
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:0123]
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel modules: ndiswrapper
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp Device [15b7:5001]
Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [1b4b:1093]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c40:8000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5575 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ sudo lshw -c network

*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: enp1s0
version: 0c
serial: 00:ce:39:cd:7e:65
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8168 driverversion=8.045.08-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:278 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:df200000-df200fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Wireless 3165
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 81
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:df100000-df101fff

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ rfkill list all

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no




Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just for clarity is this Zorin 9? ifconfig -a will not return results in Zorin 12.

No, it is zorin 12, maybe it just defaulted to ifconfig

Maybe this will help you..
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1314693

Thank you that did solve the issue of not being able to see connections but i still cannot connect to any networks.

What did you exectly do?

I ran "sudo modprobe iwlwifi"

New command outputs are as follows.

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ ifconfig

enp1s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:ce:39:cd:7e:65
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:23 Base address:0x1000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1792 (1.7 KB) TX bytes:1792 (1.7 KB)

wlp2s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ac:ed:5c:29:ef:eb
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:768 (768.0 B) TX bytes:3705 (3.7 KB)

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ rfkill list all

0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ lspci -nnk

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5904] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5904]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5916] (rev 02)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5916]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Gaussian Mixture Model [8086:1911]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Skylake Gaussian Mixture Model [8086:1911]
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31]
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI [8086:9d3a] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI [8086:9d3a]
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d13] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port [8086:9d14] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d18] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d58] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d58]
00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21]
Kernel driver in use: intel_pmc_core
00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d71] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Device [1d09:0101]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus [8086:9d23]
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:0123]
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: ndiswrapper
03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp Device [15b7:5001]
Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device [1b4b:1093]
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ lsusb

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c40:8000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:5575 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

dale@dale-Inspire:~$ sudo lshw -c network

[sudo] password for dale:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: enp1s0
version: 0c
serial: 00:ce:39:cd:7e:65
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8168 driverversion=8.045.08-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:279 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:df200000-df200fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 3165
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 81
serial: ac:ed:5c:29:ef:eb
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=4.10.0-33-generic firmware=22.391740.0 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:287 memory:df100000-df101fff

Could it be this?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/613065/ ... e-to-15-04

Thank you tried that to no avail. I'm trying to update my kernel from 4.10 to 4.14 but it is difficult with no internet connection. After i do make config and start make i get an openssl error and it will not install, and even after i update the openssl i get the same error. I would love to run Zorin as a solo operating system but if i cant figure this out today, it looks like i will have to get windows 10 while its on sale for black friday.

What is make and model of computer please?

It is a Azulle Inspire barebones pc, it comes with a motherboard with i5 7200 processor, intel 620 integrated graphics, intel 3165 wireless adapter. I added 16gb gskills ddr4, and i wd m.2 pcie ssd.

Have you checked this out?

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... rking.html

Also these may be cheaper than Windows 10:

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... e-brackets
$59

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... le-bracket
$54

https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/ ... e-brackets
$48

Also these may be cheaper than Windows 10:

Wait what.. you can use win 10 for free you just cant "customize" it.

qnarkill wrote:

Also these may be cheaper than Windows 10:

Wait what.. you can use win 10 for free you just cant "customize" it.

I thought the free upgrade had ended unless you have a disability?

Inactivated windows has just couple drawbacks.
-cant change or customize dark colour scheme
-cant change background image from personalization option ( right clicking image and click use as background works though)
-watermark in the right corner of background that says this windows is inactivated
-you'll just get the critical updates

My virtualised windows 10 works perfectly like activated even though its inactivated.

I signed up to the insider program so get the full shebang: including bugs!

Thank you both for your help, i tried all of your suggestions and then some but could not get it to work so i am now running windows 10 and all is good. Again thanks for your help.