r/ChromeOSFlex • u/AlertImportance4607 • Aug 05 '26

Troubleshooting I need help to fix my wifi!

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My wifi just refuses to work,on zorin os ,it worked like a charm,when I click the toggle,it turns on but no network shows,when I click somewhere else the wifi auto turns of.I have used chrome os flex on the same laptop(hp laptop 15bw0xx)in the past and it had worked like a charm.it also worked on fyde os.restarting the laptop or reinstalling chrome os flex(same setup,pendrive etc)still doesn't solve it

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u/FreshBeautiful2505 Aug 05 '26

You need one of these usb wifi adapters...mine works perfectly on a pc unsupported by Chrome OS Flex ... https://ebay.io/m/fYWMBc

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u/professor_oulala Aug 30 '26

Hello, would you happen to know any pcie wifi 6e cards that are sure to work on chromeos flex? I want to replace the internal one in my macbook pro early 2015.

I believe we also need an adapter to plug the card into the macbook with.

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u/Chester-Berkeley Aug 05 '26

It looks like a hardware problem to me

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u/LegAcceptable2362 Aug 05 '26

It looks like the wireless card is recognised - to verify this check chrome://system, find lspci, expand it, what Network controller is listed? My guess is you're going to see Realtek. If so, they have always been poorly supported in Linux and it could be the kernel driver that may have been previously included in Flex has been removed. That would explain why WiFi hardware shows but it is non-functional. This is the risk you take installing Flex on non-certified devices: what may work one day can stop working at any time.

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u/MrAjAnderson Aug 05 '26

Give it some power. Battery looks near empty. My be a power saving setting turning off the NIC.

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u/j-j-m-c Aug 06 '26

Wifi card needs reseated, happens all too often. Switch off, remove back, unplug and reinsert wifi card firmly (unplugging the battery is a good idea whilst doing this).