How to connect my wifi antenna

Hello, I have a Wi-Fi antenna and I would like to know how I can connect it to Wi-Fi. I am using Zorin Lite 15

Can you please post the terminal output of

lshw -c network

-network
description: Ethernet interface
Product: RTL8111 / 8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Manufacturer: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus information: pci @ 0000: 02: 00.0
logical name: enp2s0
version: 06
series: b8: 70: f4: d1: 41: 24
size: 1Gbit / s
capacity: 1Gbit / s
width: 64 bit
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation = on broadcast = yes driver = r8169 duplex = full firmware = rtl_nic / rtl8168e-2.fw ip = 192.168.0.15 latency = 0 link = yes multicast = yes port = MII speed = 1Gbit / s
resources: irq: 16 ioport: d000 (size = 256) memory: f2104000-f2104fff memory: f2100000-f2103fff

  • -network OFF
    Description: Wireless interface
    Product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
    Manufacturer: Qualcomm Atheros
    physical id: 0
    bus information: pci @ 0000: 03: 00.0
    logical name: wlp3s0
    version: 01
    series: e0: ca: 94: 70: 94: 98
    width: 64 bit
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
    configuration: broadcast = yes driver = ath9k driverversion = 5.4.0-87-generic firmware = N / A latency = 0 link = no multicast = yes wireless = IEEE 802.11
    resources: irq: 17 memory: f7a00000-f7a0ffff
  • -network OFF
    Description: Wireless interface
    physical id: 4
    bus info: usb @ 2: 1.2
    logical name: wlxc02567c70f2b
    series: c0: 25: 67: c7: 0f: 2b
    capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
    configuration: broadcast = yes driver = rtl8xxxu driverversion = 5.4.0-87-generic firmware = N / A link = no multicast = yes wireless = IEEE 802.11
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Atheros 9285. Please check your machine and make sure there are no Wifi Switches (physical buttons) toggled off, first.
If nothing, can you run:

sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-hp.conf <<< "blacklist hp_wmi"

To change the blacklist on the module- then reboot and test?

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