# Missing Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux

**URL:** <https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-intel-r-wireless-wifi-driver-for-linux/147332>\
**Category:** Ask Fedora\
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-intel-r-wireless-wifi-driver-for-linux/147332 "2025-03-19T21:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![liviu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51a2da/32.png) [@liviu](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/u/liviu)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-intel-r-wireless-wifi-driver-for-linux/147332/1 "2025-03-19T21:33:46Z")

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Hello

Can I get some help with my wifi please?  
This is a fresh install and I am missing intel drivers.  
To mention that I’ve never had problems on fedora with this hardware.  
Thanks!

```plaintext
[6.066207] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[6.066519] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[6.069633] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x400410, cnv-id 0x80401 wfpm id 0x80000020
[6.069656] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: PCI dev 7a70/0094, rev=0x430, rfid=0x2010d000
[6.069659] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz
[6.070174] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-89.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070210] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-88.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070245] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-87.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070277] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-86.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070311] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-85.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070343] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-84.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070375] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-83.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070407] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-82.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070439] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-81.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070478] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-80.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070512] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-79.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070545] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-78.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070577] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-77.ucode failed with error -2
[6.070579] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[6.070581] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-77
[6.070582] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-89
[6.070583] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

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**Author:** ![liviu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51a2da/32.png) [@liviu](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/u/liviu)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-intel-r-wireless-wifi-driver-for-linux/147332/2 "2025-03-19T21:41:45Z")

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The hell 🙂

How do I know what driver is suitable for my hardware?

```plaintext
Matched fields: name
 iwlwifi-dvm-firmware.noarch: DVM Firmware for Intel(R) Wireless WiFi adapters
 iwlwifi-mvm-firmware.noarch: MVM Firmware for Intel(R) Wireless WiFi adapters

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**Author:** ![liviu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/51a2da/32.png) [@liviu](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/u/liviu)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-intel-r-wireless-wifi-driver-for-linux/147332/3 "2025-03-19T22:15:38Z")

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done:

`sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi && sudo modprobe iwlwifi` ← works already

`dracut -f`

reboot!
