Intel AX101 WiFi Driver Installation on Debian 13

updated 10 September 2025 Linux does not yet recognize the Intel AX101 WiFi card, as its driver is not included in the kernel by default. However, this can be fixed by installing backport-iwlwifi. First, install git , dkms , linux-headers-amd64 , and build-essential sudo apt install git dkms linux-headers-amd64 build-essential Clone the backport-iwlwifi repository: git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi.git Go into the cloned folder: cd backport-iwlwifi Make sure the latest commit is 39f99db867f01df4f25e123bced947bbbb7989e5 . You can check with: git log If the latest commit is different, reset the cloned backport-iwlwifi repository to that specific commit: git reset --hard 39f99db867f01df4f25e123bced947bbbb7989e5 Build and install backport-iwlwifi: make defconfig-iwlwifi-public sed -i 's/CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS=y/# CPTCFG_IWLMVM_VENDOR_CMDS is not set/' .config make -j4 sudo make install Download the firmware file ...