Are you dual booting?
Is "Fast Boot" or "Fast startup" enabled in Windows? Control panel > Power configuration, I think...
Is secure boot enabled (You may have been asked this already).
I disabled them in windows and disabled secure boot in Bios
I wonder if the module is blacklisted. Check /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf or other blacklist files there.
Try:
sudo modprobe 8192ee
sudo systemctl restart network-manager
You might try turning off Wifi Powersaver with this complicated command:
sudo sed -i 's/3/2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo modprobe 8192ee
[sudo] password for mark:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for mark:
modprobe: FATAL: Module 8192ee not found in directory /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo systemctl restart network-manager
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo sed -i 's/3/2/'/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
sed: -e expression #1, char 7: unknown option to `s'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ ^C
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo sed -i's/3/2/'/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
Usage: sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
-n, --quiet, --silent
suppress automatic printing of pattern space
--debug
annotate program execution
-e script, --expression=script
add the script to the commands to be executed
-f script-file, --file=script-file
add the contents of script-file to the commands to be executed
--follow-symlinks
follow symlinks when processing in place
-i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
edit files in place (makes backup if SUFFIX supplied)
-l N, --line-length=N
specify the desired line-wrap length for the `l' command
--posix
disable all GNU extensions.
-E, -r, --regexp-extended
use extended regular expressions in the script
(for portability use POSIX -E).
-s, --separate
consider files as separate rather than as a single,
continuous long stream.
--sandbox
operate in sandbox mode (disable e/r/w commands).
-u, --unbuffered
load minimal amounts of data from the input files and flush
the output buffers more often
-z, --null-data
separate lines by NUL characters
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
If no -e, --expression, -f, or --file option is given, then the first
non-option argument is taken as the sed script to interpret. All
remaining arguments are names of input files; if no input files are
specified, then the standard input is read.
GNU sed home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
i take it that it is not supported or is blacklisted??
We can do this manually by navigating to /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf and setting it from 2 to 3. But first...
This may be the clue... Looking at another thread:
Let's try it 
sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
[sudo] password for mark:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
Right.
No internet.
Ok we are back to use another computer or OS with networking enabled and use USB stick to transfer packages.
The more I look at this, the more I think it is the 5.11 kernel. But... let me see if drivers installed will help
Ok, I found here:
Installation is done with three commands or so that we can help walk you through:
sudo make install
You must also blacklist the kernel driver, or it will override this one.
echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
Now, tell the system to load the module on boot.
echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
Interestingly, while looking for the drivers I can across this:
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Why does PopOs work, isn't PopOS also Ubuntu based? Did the devs change something within it, like Manjaro did with Arch? @Aravisian can you link to where you found it?
ok, i went to the link and downloaded it as a zip, put it on a usb and plugged it in to the main PC.
i then done this:
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for mark:
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.
mark@mark-main-PC:~$
Am i doing something wrong?
Where should i put the zip file (or extracted)on the main pc?
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You need to go to the directory to the unzipped file:
#some commands might require superuser access
unzip #the package←(Unzip the package)
cd #the directory where you place the package←(Goes to the place where you storedunziped package)
make←(Invokes the execution of the.makefile)
make install←(Install ~ takes the binaries from the previous step [make] and copies them into some appropriate locations so that they can be accessed)
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Extract the file - whereever you want, really. Whatever suits your organizing... I would put it in Downloads, then extract it there.
Once extracted, open the newly extracted directory.
It should be named rtl8192ee-master
You need to change to that directory in order for the terminal to See it... (Assuming you put it in Downloads):
cd ~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master
sudo make install
echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
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done that i think:
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
[sudo] password for mark:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-80-generic'
mark@mark-main-PC:~$ cd ~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for mark:
install -p -m 644 8192ee.ko /lib/modules/5.11.0-27-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install: cannot stat '8192ee.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:1833: install] Error 1
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ echo "blacklist rtl8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf
blacklist rtl8192ee
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$ echo "8192ee" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules-load.d/8192ee.conf
8192ee
mark@mark-main-PC:~/Downloads/rtl8192ee-master$
rebooted and still no connection and now the wifi is not visible at all
Sorry for being a pain, i appreciate all your help
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U can't install the headers because there aren't any Wi-Fi.
you lost me there
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You don't have internet access to install the kernal headers
so it cant be done then?
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Temporally connect to WiFi using a USB dongle known to work in Linux?
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