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 iwlwifi-bz-b0-hr-b0-100.ucode from https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rvq905v2h3tmwTEbiCaqnxVSAkBTQxB/view?usp=sharing
*original source https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-bz-b0-hr-b0-100.ucode?h=for-upstream, this file deleted from repository when I check at 10/09/2025

Copy the file into /lib/firmware:

sudo cp -v iwlwifi-bz-b0-hr-b0-100.ucode /lib/firmware/

Finally, restart your laptop.