WLAN problem

archy · Post by **archy** » 26. Mar 2026, 18:25

hello there,

pretty new to salix, but not to linux in general.

yesterday installed salix on a fuji-laptop, the install went fine and also the wifi connection - I thought

ping works and some websites opened by firefox (e.g. no salix.org or similar site, but some wikipedia or youtube work)
BUT the salix mirror/sources are not reachable ---> "retrieving packagedata failed to download: could not resolve hostname"
tried several mirrors - no success
if changing to wired connection all works as it should.

does anyone know such issue and how to fix it?

thanks from Germany
archy

Post by **gapan** » 4. Apr 2026, 10:19

What is your wireless card?

Perhaps one of the new kernel 6.18 or 6.12 packages fixes it?

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Or maybe it's just DNS?

archy · Post by **archy** » 4. Apr 2026, 17:22

thanks

wifi card is Realtek RTL8111

did install another kernel -- same behavior, means no update/upgrade/install possible in wifi-connection
also no connection to any site of salix.org

it's a pitty, but a only-wired-connection is not satisfying on a laptop

(sorry, 2nd answer cause the original got lost)

Post by **gapan** » 4. Apr 2026, 23:14

What about my last question? Could it be a DNS issue? What nameservers are you using for your wired and for your wireless connection? What happens if you run something like this when connected to wireless?

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