Intel AX201 doesn't work

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Still not claimed. The firmware file download returns:

wget Making sure you're not a bot!
wget Making sure you're not a bot!
wget Making sure you're not a bot!
sudo cp iwlwifi-* /lib/firmware/iwlwifi/
--2026-06-30 21:54:08-- Making sure you're not a bot!
Resolving git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)... 172.236.150.65, 2600:3c15::f03c:95ff:fe40:9857
Connecting to git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)|172.236.150.65|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2026-06-30 21:54:08 ERROR 404: Not Found.

--2026-06-30 21:54:08-- Making sure you're not a bot!
Resolving git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)... 172.236.150.65, 2600:3c15::f03c:95ff:fe40:9857
Connecting to git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)|172.236.150.65|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2026-06-30 21:54:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.

--2026-06-30 21:54:09-- Making sure you're not a bot!
Resolving git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)... 172.236.150.65, 2600:3c15::f03c:95ff:fe40:9857
Connecting to git.kernel.org (git.kernel.org)|172.236.150.65|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2026-06-30 21:54:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.

cp: cannot stat 'iwlwifi-*': No such file or directory

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Verifying they copied returns

total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 21:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 101 root root 69632 Jun 30 21:49 ..

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Run these commands instead:

sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/iwlwifi
cd /tmp

# Download from GitHub mirror (not blocked)
curl -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenIntelWireless/linux-firmware/master/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode" -o iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode

# Verify download
ls -lh iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode

# Copy to firmware directory
sudo cp iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-*.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi/ 2>/dev/null || true

# Verify
ls -la /lib/firmware/iwlwifi/
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the last command returns

total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 21:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 101 root root 69632 Jun 30 21:49 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Jun 30 22:01 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode

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reboot and show me

lshw -C network
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*-network:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Wi-Fi 6 AX201
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 20
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: iomemory:600-5ff memory:6053194000-6053197fff
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (13) I219-LM
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
logical name: enp0s31f6
version: 20
serial: 38:14:28:40:5b:9a
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=6.17.0-35-generic firmware=0.8-4 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:145 memory:a2300000-a231ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: f
bus info: usb@3:2
logical name: enxfad416d1baaf
serial: fa:d4:16:d1:ba:af
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: autonegotiation=off broadcast=yes driver=cdc_ncm driverversion=6.17.0-35-generic firmware=CDC NCM (NO ZLP) ip=10.135.181.30 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair

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Run these commands and paste the output:

ls -la /lib/firmware/iwlwifi/

sudo dmesg | grep -i "iwl\|firmware" | tail -20
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total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 30 21:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 101 root root 69632 Jun 30 21:49 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Jun 30 22:01 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode

and

[ 4.701101] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 5]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701122] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 6]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701144] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 7]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701180] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 8]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701220] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 9]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701282] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 10]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701307] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 11]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701329] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 12]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701351] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 13]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701387] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 14]: 0x00000000
[ 4.701388] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Host monitor block 0x22 vector 0x0
[ 4.701432] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: value [iter 0]: 0x00000000
[ 4.709302] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: probe with driver iwlwifi failed with error -110
[ 5.061109] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[ 5.072691] Bluetooth: hci0: Found device firmware: intel/ibt-19-0-4.sfi
[ 5.072747] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware Version: 249-27.23
[ 5.579694] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_12.bin (v2.12)
[ 7.346880] Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for firmware download to complete
[ 7.347077] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware loaded in 2221075 usecs
[ 7.365109] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware revision 0.4 build 249 week 27 2023

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try this

sudo rm /lib/firmware/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode
cd /tmp
sudo apt-get download firmware-iwlwifi=2024-01-01-1 2>/dev/null || apt-get download linux-firmware 2>/dev/null
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still unclaimed

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apt update still returns everything up to date. the device is still unclaimed. no new updates in settings

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Maybe disabling Intel AMT can help.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/1ssmdx1/dell_latitude_5420/?tl=en

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Welcome to the Forum!

Did You disabled Fast Start-Up in Windows, too?

Also: Does Your Ethernet work? Did You checked the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates if there is a Driver offered?

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In Windows power settings, untick "Fast Start-up", incase Windows is clinging on to that device when Fast Start-Up is enabled.
I can't see that in your DO NOT SUGGEST list :slight_smile:

EDIT: I see Ponce-De-Leon has replied the same advice ahead of me. That proves he can type quicker than me :slight_smile:

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Which Brave A.I. also suggested!

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Yes fast startup is also disabled. I believe ethernet works

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Yes Intel AMT was disabled.

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Hello everybody, just an update. I truly couldn't get it to work. I tried installing another distro which is based off fedora, but experienced the exact same issue.

This leads me to believe it's either:

  1. A hardware compatibility issues
  2. A BIOS issue
  3. A windows issue (even though I reinstalled it)

I have deleted Linux from my system currently, but if anybody has any more recommendations, I'd be more than happy to give them a try! Thank you for your help.

(Do not mark as solved, I'm still open to recommendations)

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I'm reinstalling Zorin now to test a BIOS change relating to Intel AMT. I'll let you know how I go!

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In your first post you wrote

Now you write

It is important that fast startup in Windows (power options) is disabled.