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# run this to determine which firmware the kernal is looking for
modinfo iwlwifi | grep iwlwifi-cc
# example output:
# firmware: iwlwifi-cc-a0-50.ucode
# go https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ and download the firmware
# copy file to /lib/firmware
sudo cp ~/Download/iwlwifi-cc-a0-50.ucode /lib/firmware
# reboot
sudo reboot
# check that firmware was loaded
sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi | grep version
# example output
# [ 4.566709] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: loaded firmware version 50.3e391d3e.0 op_mode iwlmvm
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doctorlard commented Jan 16, 2026

I only run Ubuntu on my Asus laptop, so if anyone sees this, just turning the Wi-Fi adapter off ("Lock") in the BIOS, booting to Linux, then re-enabling it in the BIOS again ("Unlock"), worked for me, no Windows required.

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