If your Wi-Fi interface is not working, for exampleyou might experience the following:

If your Wi-Fi interface is not working, you might experience the following:

There is no **Wi-Fi option** menu in the system menu:

There is no **Wi-Fi** menu in the system menu:

The interface is disabled because MAC address anonymization failed:

[[!img no-wifi/mac-_spoofing-_disabled.png link="no" alt="Notification about network card being disabclass="screenshot" alt="Notification: MAC address anonymization failed"]]

[[!img no-wifi/mac_spoofing_disabled.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt="Notification: MAC address anonymization failed"]]

In this case, you can disable MAC address anonymization to get your Wi-Fi interface
to work in Tails. Disabling MAC address anonymizationin the Welcome
Screen. Doing so has security implications, so read
carefully our
[[documentation about MAC
address
anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]] before doing so.

In this case, you can disable MAC address anonymization in the Welcome
Screen. Doing so has security implications, so read carefully our
[[documentation about MAC address
anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]].

The following notification appears:

You receive the notification **Connection failed: Activation of network connection failed**.

Activation of network connection failed

[iPhones or iPads](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023)<br/> Only sharing mobile data works on iPhones and iPads; sharing Wi-Fi does not work.

Only sharing mobile data works on iPhones and iPads; sharing Wi-Fi does not work.

<div class="caution">
<p>Tails cannot hide the information that identifies your phone on the local
network.
If you connect your phone to a:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>A Wi-Fi network, then: the network will knowcan see the MAC
address of your phone. </p>
<p>This has security implications that are discussedwe explain in
our [[documentation on
MAC address anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]].
Some
phones have a feature to hide the real MAC address of the phone.</p></li>
<li><p>A mMobile data network, then
: the network will beis able to know the identifier of
your SIM card (IMSI)
and also the serial number of your phone (IMEI).</p></li>
</ul>
</div>

<div class="caution">
<p>Tails cannot hide the information that identifies your phone on the local
network. If you connect your phone to a:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Wi-Fi network: the network can see the MAC
address of your phone.</p>
<p>This has security implications that we explain in our [[documentation on
MAC address anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]]. Some
phones have a feature to hide the MAC address of the phone.</p></li>
<li><p>Mobile data network: the network is able to know the identifier of
your SIM card (IMSI) and the serial number of your phone (IMEI).</p></li>
</ul>
</div>

<table>
<tr><th>Vendor</th><th>Model</th><th>Size</th><th>Speed</th><th>Price</th><th>Buy offline</th><th>Buy online</th></tr>
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>Ultra</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$128</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00762YNMG">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5370 -->
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>PAU05</td><td>Small</td><td>300 Mbit/s</td><td>$1465</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00EQT0YK2">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5372 -->
<tr><td>ThinkPenguin</td><td>TPE-N150USB</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$574</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb">ThinkPenguin</a></td></tr> <!-- ????:???? -->
</table>

<table>
<tr><th>Vendor</th><th>Model</th><th>Size</th><th>Speed</th><th>Price</th><th>Buy offline</th><th>Buy online</th></tr>
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>Ultra</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$18</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00762YNMG">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5370 -->
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>PAU05</td><td>Small</td><td>300 Mbit/s</td><td>$65</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00EQT0YK2">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5372 -->
<tr><td>ThinkPenguin</td><td>TPE-N150USB</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$74</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb">ThinkPenguin</a></td></tr> <!-- ????:???? -->
</table>

<div class="note">
<p>If you find another USB Wi-Fi adapter that works in Tails, please let us
know. You can write to [[sajolida@pimienta.orgupport@tails.net]] (private email).</p>
</div>

<div class="note">
<p>If you find another USB Wi-Fi adapter that works in Tails, please let us
know. You can write to [[support@tails.net]] (private email).</p>
</div>

Check in our list of [[known Wi-Fi issues|support/known_issues#problematic-wifi]] if there is a workaround to get your Wi-Fi interface to work in Tails.