Realtek 8192ce wireless not working

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Networking
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Hi.

I have downloaded and installed SLES 12SP2 + latest patches. My machine has two networking adapters
lspci output
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) <<< on board adpater
05:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) <<< pci adpater

lspci -nnk
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:e000]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8178] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8178]

lspci -vnn
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard [1458:e000]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8178] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:8178]
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at f7c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-91-81-fe-ff-4c-e0-00

Wired adapter is working well however wireless isn´t.

Others command executed:
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 94:DE:80:F7:D9:53
inet addr:192.168.0.12 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::96de:80ff:fef7:d953/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2804:14d:1c82:54bd:96de:80ff:fef7:d953/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2804:14d:1c82:54bd:9944:5b80:408b:3cbb/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8749 errors:0 dropped:12 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2459 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:627021 (612.3 Kb) TX bytes:1433685 (1.3 Mb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

I appreciate any help to fix it.

Regards

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Hi
Is the kernel-firmware package installed? Is this a laptop by chance
(does it run windows), if so not a wireless hardware/Fn button switch?

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Hi malcom

it´s a desktop 32GB box

Its a pci card no switch

How can I check firmware upgrade?

Regards.

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Hi
Run the command;

zypper in kernel-firmware

Can I also see the output from;

/sbin/lspci -nnk |grep Network -A3

I also see;

I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=256]

No BIOS setting(s) to reset the interrupts or try a different PCI slot?

Also browse the output from dmesg or journalctl -x to see if anything
jumps out.

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