MGA9: MCC wifi setup fails on HP Envy laptop (Intel chip)

[isadora]

Got a new HP Envy laptop, which has Intel wifi. Used live Plasma (from usb stick). Though iwlwifi module was installed properly, MCC failed in setting up wifi connection since it apparently cannot scan with this chipset (shows unlisted, edit by hand). However, Plasma's network setup showed complete list of ssid's, so wifi was setup from there. Post install, this problem persists. A bit of online searching suggested issue was iwlist command no longer working with newer Intel chipsets. Indeed, "iwlist wlo1 scan" results in "Interface doesn't support scanning." However, "iw dev wlo1 scan" works just fine.

I found bug reports from 2019 on this, but it is apparently still an issue? Or is there something I am not understanding here?
Thanks!

[doktor5000]

There's already at least one report for this issue: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32422
Best option is probably to switch to networkmanager and just use that. See https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Switching_to_networkmanager

[ncarver]

OK, thanks for the response!