Wi-Fi Driver

Hardware Support
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Title:
Trouble Installing Wi-Fi Driver for Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 on Acer 4752 (Zorin OS)

Message:
Hello everyone,

I’m having trouble getting my Wi-Fi to work on Zorin OS.
My laptop is an Acer Aspire 4752 with 8 GB RAM and a 128 GB SSD, and it uses a Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 wireless card.

Zorin detects the device but the Wi-Fi is unavailable — no networks appear, and the wireless option stays disabled.
I have tried several methods such as:

  • Running sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
  • Installing additional drivers via Software & Updates → Additional Drivers
  • Using lspci to confirm the hardware ID

But still, no luck.

Could anyone please guide me on how to properly install or enable the correct driver for this Wi-Fi card?
Do I need to download a specific package or use a command line method?

Any help or detailed step-by-step guidance would be really appreciated.
Thank you so much for your time and support!

Best regards,
Deni

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Hi and welcome.

Can you open a Terminal (just type Terminal in the Menu search bar and press enter), and copy and paste this command by clicking on the clipboard icon at the end of the command line and then right click in the terminal to paste it:

sudo lshw -C network | grep -A 10 -B 10 "wireless"

and post back the results please.