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Realtek RTL8188EUS Wireless Network Adapter problem in Xubuntu 20,04

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Need some help...
Nearly 20 year Ubuntu user but never encountered this kind of hassle.

Xubuntu fresh install (no dual boot).

Network manager indicates ethernet and usb wireless adapter are connecting while network monitor indicates incoming signal. But no way to get on the web.

I would like to have one of them working in order to install lower kernel version (installed is 5.11.0-27-generic).

Does anyone see any sign of problem in the answer given by :

NetworkManager info

GENERAL.DEVICE: wlx<IF from MAC [IF2]>
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceWifi
GENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3
GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8188eu
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 5.11.0-27-generic
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: --
GENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC 'wlx<IF from MAC [IF2]>' [IF2]>
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.IP4-CONNECTIVITY: 4 (full)
GENERAL.IP6-CONNECTIVITY: 4 (full)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.4/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/net/wlx<IF from MAC [IF2]>
GENERAL.IP-IFACE: wlx<IF from MAC [IF2]>
GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no
GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: --
GENERAL.CONNECTION: Autelan_06F1F0
GENERAL.CON-UUID: 409673b3-18d1-482e-a2f4-c2dd1b539282
GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/4
GENERAL.METERED: no (guessed)
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: no
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: 150 Mb/s
CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no
CAPABILITIES.SRIOV: no
INTERFACE-FLAGS.UP: yes
INTERFACE-FLAGS.LOWER-UP: yes
INTERFACE-FLAGS.CARRIER: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA2: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.TKIP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.CCMP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.AP: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.ADHOC: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.2GHZ: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.5GHZ: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.MESH: no
WIFI-PROPERTIES.IBSS-RSN: no
IP4.GATEWAY: --
IP4.DNS1: 211.99.143.33
IP4.DNS[2]: 58.30.131.33
IP4.DNS[3]: 8.8.8.8
IP4.DNS[4]: 8.8.4.4
IP6.ADDRESS1: fe80::3b20:5374:e53c:5abb/64
IP6.GATEWAY: --
IP6.ROUTE1: dst = fe80::/64, nh = ::, mt = 600
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS1: 409673b3-18d1-482e-a2f4-c2dd1b539282 | Autelan_06F1F0

GENERAL.DEVICE: enp2s0
GENERAL.TYPE: ethernet
GENERAL.NM-TYPE: NMDeviceEthernet
GENERAL.DBUS-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
GENERAL.VENDOR: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
GENERAL.PRODUCT: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
GENERAL.DRIVER: r8169
GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 5.11.0-27-generic
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: --
GENERAL.HWADDR: <MAC 'enp2s0' [IF1]>
GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 30 (disconnected)
GENERAL.REASON: 39 (Device disconnected by user or client)
GENERAL.IP4-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none)
GENERAL.IP6-CONNECTIVITY: 1 (none)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:02:00.0/net/enp2s0
GENERAL.IP-IFACE: --
GENERAL.IS-SOFTWARE: no
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: no
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
GENERAL.NM-PLUGIN-MISSING: no
GENERAL.PHYS-PORT-ID: --
GENERAL.CONNECTION: --
GENERAL.CON-UUID: --
GENERAL.CON-PATH: --
GENERAL.METERED: unknown
CAPABILITIES.CARRIER-DETECT: yes
CAPABILITIES.SPEED: 1000 Mb/s
CAPABILITIES.IS-SOFTWARE: no
CAPABILITIES.SRIOV: no
INTERFACE-FLAGS.UP: yes
INTERFACE-FLAGS.LOWER-UP: yes
INTERFACE-FLAGS.CARRIER: yes
WIRED-PROPERTIES.CARRIER: on
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTION-PATHS: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2
CONNECTIONS.AVAILABLE-CONNECTIONS1: 8ff8620d-cd77-3c5b-b0c2-ee5decdad2c3 | Wired connection 1

Full report available here
Thanks for any help.
Been occupied with this problem for the whole of last week !

sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio avatar
How are you trying to access the web? Check other network connection commands: ping, wget, curl, traceroute6, etc. Post results.
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