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Use Wifi on Intel NUC

Install firmware-iwlwifi

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Iwlwifi (Intel Wireless WiFi Link) is the driver for Intel wireless cards.

Add a "non-free" component to the apt sources.

Open the file /etc/apt/sources.list and add contrib non-free after main or just copy and paste following lines for Debian 11/Bullseye :

sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free

Update the list of available packages and install the iwlwifi package

apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi
modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi

Finally connect to your wifi network

Use the gnome network manager to connect to your wifi network.