davi

Older than most fediversers and I think the fact that they're still working at providing me internets and backups says something. Lol

i use the same case for my own wifi ap/internet router & firewall/nas; it doesn't work will with pata drives if you have too many sata like me.

this sounds more like network problem than a linux one; but since you're using linux w/o an internet connection, you'll have to use the tools that usually come with Linux:

start with basic information. see if your computer has an ip address and who its primary gateway(s) is/are

ip a
ifconfig -a

if you see no ip address preceded with the word "inet" these commands (127.0.0.1 doesn't count); your computer doesn't think it's connected to a network and the source of your problem is somewhere with either the hardware, driver or mint itself.

if you do see an ip address with the word "inet" in front of it; then use that basic information to start troubleshooting; these commands are a shortcut; duplicate information; and should be run in order:

for i in $(netstat -rn | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

this command provides duplicate information but provided here in case mint has really weird packages on it

for i in $(route -n | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

if neither of the last 2 stanzas worked, then your computer doesn't think it's connected to a network that has internet access and you need to figure out what's up with your network or fix routing on your computer.

I wonder how many times it takes for a judge to get tired of sending you too jail for contempt over and over again for refusing to say yes. Lol