How to install my Intel Wifi Link 5100 through Mint 17.2

[James79]

I'm trying to install the embedded on wifi thats on a sony vaio t9800 laptop. I've download the ucode drivers in which I believe you have to load it in the firmware or the kernel. Its support with a kernel 2.6+ and Mint 17.2 as a kernel of 3.16. How do I go about install the drivers for this. I haven't tried to the windows drivers yet.

[JeremyB]

You don't need to download drivers. Open a terminal window and enter

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rfkill list all; iwconfig

Post the results

[James7936]

I entered the command in a terminal and this is what it says:

Bogus list argument 'all:'.


But when I just type rfkill list, it says:

0: sony-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
1: sony-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes


When I type iwconfig after doing a rfkill all...it show this:

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

usb0 no wireless extensions.

[James7936]

I entered the command you requested and this is what it says:

Bogus list argument 'all:'.


When I do a # iwconfig in the terminal, this is what I get

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

usb0 no wireless extensions.

[James7936]

Disregard to this post...I finally fixed it and what fixed it was that my wireless switch on the laptop was simply not turned on. Once I turned it on, it worked immediately. Anyone else who has a wireless issue with Linux Mint, just double check to see if your wireless switch is turned on, on your laptop. Good day to all today!!

[JeremyB]

Pay close attention when copying terminal commands, my command was

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rfkill list all; iwconfig

and it appears you entered

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rfkill list all: iwconfig

If you can, click 'Select all' above the command and use CTRL + c to copy then click in the terminal window and use the right click menu to paste or CTRL + Shift + v

I actually thought about the possibility of a switch as I had issues with my Vaio years ago after moving it to a different location and somehow turning the switch off