[SOLVED] No Wireless

[Don]

My previously working wireless has stopped. Here are the data that I have:
Adapter: ALFA AWUS1900 with Realtek RTL8814U driver
Results of iwconfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

enp0s31f6 no wireless extensions.

wlx00c0caabd0e1 unassociated Nickname:"WIFI@RTL8814AU"
Mode:Managed Frequency=5.2 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

vmnet1 no wireless extensions.

vmnet8 no wireless extensions.

Results of inxi -nx:
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 1c:1b:0d:6c:44:b6
Device-2: Realtek RTL8814AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8814au
bus ID: 1-2:11
IF: wlx00c0caabd0e1 state: down mac: 00:c0:ca:ab:d0:e1
Device-3: ASUSTek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: usb-network bus ID: 1-3:3
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:01
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:08

lsusb does show the adapter

I have little idea what I'm looking at, but could "wlx00c0caabd0e1 unassociated Nickname:"WIFI@RTL8814AU"" be the problem? If it is, how do I "associate" it?

Thanks.

[Don]

It's not really accurate to say I solved it. I stumbled onto the solution. Because my adapter is external, it did not have the wlan0 "label." I had to run sudo ip link set wlx00c0caabd0e1 up
Then it worked. On iwconfig it shows up associated with the network. I am relieved. I'm also not very smart and can't get out of my own way.

[jglen490]

Getting out of one's own way is a lifetime struggle for a lot of us. So you're in the right place

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