Wifi card drivers - how to

Hardware Support
#1

Hello. Absolutely new to Linux world please be kind in your answers…

The situation:

I have an old sony vaio laptop running Windows 7. For obvious reason I want to completely get rid off W7 and install Zorin 15.3 as only OS on the laptop.
This laptop currently has an old Wifi N card.
I have an AC Wifi card Intel 7260 and a “generic” AX card MPE-AX3000H (Intel Wifi 6). For some reason I cannot install both of those cards in W7.

So my plan is to install Zorin 1st then install one of those 2 cards.

My questions are:

  • will these cards work with Zorin running as only OS
  • how does this work for the drivers? I know how this work in Windows but have no idea with Linux…is their any command to do? Any place to download the drivers?

Any useful information is welcome…

thank you

#2

Hi, arkhane.
I could be wrong but I think you should be able to test out these cards while in Try Zorin mode after you run the installer setup. That way you don’t have to install before testing.
I did see one post on someone’s card not working (was the first one you listed): https://askubuntu.com/questions/760501/driver-for-wireless-7260 - so if that one doesn’t work we already have one potential solution to try.
But short answer is that most devices work right away without any additional steps.

#3

Thank you but as mentionned test “in try mode” is not possible since I cannot make them work previously on W7…

#4

When you use your Zorin installation disc/USB, do you see a “Try Zorin” option? Never mind Win7, does your Wifi get recognized after you click Try Zorin?
Like in the picture here: http://landoflinux.com/images/zorin_os_9_01.png