Hello! I am a new user of Qubes. I installed Qubes on my new laptop, but my Wi-Fi is not working. I connected my SSD to a friend’s computer, and the Wi-Fi worked there. I am using the Fedora 41 template by default and have installed the version with the latest kernel 6.12 My laptop immediately connects to Wi-Fi on Ubuntu. Please provide the exact commands and where to enter it 
Thank you very much!!
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You can start by providing hardware information about your laptop model and specifications.
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lenovo legion 5 rtl8852ce
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In one of the topics, I saw instructions regarding this issue. It says that the installation of the driver depends on this command. But I don’t know which driver to install, I don’t know the command, and I don’t know in which cube it needs to be installed 
Help please 
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Do you remember the exact topic with the instructions?
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I ran a test on another disk - I installed Debian 12. Wi-Fi didn’t work. Then I installed the kernel from backports (6.12.33), and Wi-Fi appeared after rebooting. Can I do the same in the sys-net debian vm?
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If I buy a USB adapter, how do I connect it in Qubes? I saw old instructions that mention the sys-usb vm, but in my standard installation, I don’t see such a vm 
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Please help. I will not do it without your help 
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Can I copy a vm? For example, copy a vm with the necessary drivers or kernel from another system, since I don’t know how to do this in Qubes without the internet?
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Hi linuxuser1 - and welcome to the forum.
Have you tried connecting an ethernet cable to the machine? – I assume that should give you internet access … 
For the copying a working VM to Qubes OS, remember that you’ll also add Xen between the VM and the hardware … and this can change a working VM into a non-working … :-/
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Hello, friend! Thank you for the message! I am currently living in a rented apartment where I can’t connect to the internet cable. But I think I can find a cable from friends. What actions do I need to take after that? It seems to me that I should either install a specific driver or upgrade the kernel to 6.12.33 in sys-net vm?
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Hi linuxuser1
I believe the ethernet port should “just connect” (the “RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller” ; Kernel moduels: r8169) seems to known by sys-net.
I’m still not sure which Wi-Fi card you have – I have a Lenovo T14 Gen 3 w. AMD, with a “Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6E NFA725A” (that should be soldered) so for now, I plug in an old “Wi-Pi” USB Wireless module to get WiFi on that machine. :-/
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Thank you for the response! I will purchase a usb adapter tomorrow, which worked with Debian 12 last year. Will Qubes automatically detect my adapter, or do I need to take any additional steps to connect to WiFi? Thank you.
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Without knowledge of the hardware, I’ll not make any promise about how/if it will work on Qubes OS … 
The Wi-Pi I use, is an old device (from before RaspberryPi got Wi-Fi on the board) with kernel support for ages …
An USB Wireless card should show up in sys-usb and your should be able to “attach” it to the sys-net - after that, you should see the wireless network in the widget at the top of the screen.
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Please tell me what I need to do 
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- Click the Icon for USB-devices
- Move the mouse down to the name of the USB-Wi-Fi
- Click on the name
- Move the mouse to where it says
sys-net
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Thank you, friend! I didn’t quite understand, but I’ll try it tomorrow and write back with the results or any additional questions
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