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Problems on problems - Mint can't see my wifi card.
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Do you know what the wireless nic model is? You might try
lspci | grep -i networkand see if the network controller comes up. (Also viewable in System Reports application, in the System Information tab under Network".Did you install from the Edge ISO or the regular one? The Edge ISO ships with a much newer kernel for updated hardware support.
If you have access to a wired connection you can also update to a newer kernel manually, in the update manager it is under View -> Linux Kernels. You can select the 6.5 and choose Install.
The type of wireless card will be the most important thing for people to help though.
If it's a laptop it might be in usb depending on how it was designed.
lsusb