Realtek rtl8821ce wifi not recognized

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The wifi hardware is based on Realtek rtl8821ce.

WiFi on x86 - can't get it to work

Hi, recently installed openwrt on a new GK35 mini PC. this device has built in WiFi/BT, but it's not detected. running lspci I get: 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 11) 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter and a google search didn't come up with much on the RTL8821CE. I tried installing kmod-rtl8821ae but the wifi device is still …

WiFi on x86 - can't get it to work

That's not a supported chip. Generally the OpenWrt wifi drivers are from the mainline kernel, which doesn't include this chip.

(A forum search produced this information.)

Hope this helps.