Zorin 16 - Realtek wifi 8852AE not recognized

just return from reboot... okay, disabling secure boot... one sec

stan@stan-Gaming3-15ACH6:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.

wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Reflection"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 14:91:82:86:11:ED
Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s Tx-Power=30 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-23 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:48 Missed beacon:0

\o/

so it was something basic that I needed to do.
should I leave 'Secure Boot' off or can I turn it back on now that we have wifi in zorin ?

If you feel up for testing that with another couple of reboots... You might flip it on to see what happens. But I was actually getting STUMPED there... I wonder if it was Secure Boot all along...

no prob.. I'll reboot, turn it on and reboot again... brb

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rebooted, turned it off, rebooted and no wifi, rebooted, turned it on, rebooted and wifi was on same time wallpaper displayed.
it appears secure boot must remain off

let me know if you'd like me to try something more... no problem. You can also reach out to me in the future to test stuff.

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For now, unless something new comes up- am going with "Secure Boot disabled" as the solution on this...

Thanks so much for your help. I'm very pleased with the whole issue and it's resolution.
I hope you have a great day,
Bye
o7

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