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why can't this CentOS 7 server see wifi connections?

I recently installed CentOS 7 as the sole OS on an Acer Aspire T. There is no GUI, as it is a server with a terminal-only interface.

What do I need to do to get CentOS 7 to be able to see and list the available wifi connections?

When I use the Network Manager Command Line Tool nmcli, I get the following, which indicates that nmcli has wifi enabled, but that it cannot see any wifi connections:

[root@localhost ~]# nmcli general status STATE CONNECTIVITY WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN disconnected none enabled enabled enabled enabled [root@localhost ~]# nmcli connection show NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE [root@localhost ~]# nmcli device status DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION eno1 ethernet unmanaged -- lo loopback unmanaged -- wlp3s0 wifi unmanaged -- 

I then checked the firewall config, which shows that ssh is the only open service, as follows:

[root@localhost network-scripts]# firewall-cmd --list-all public (default, active) interfaces: eno1 sources: services: dhcpv6-client ssh ports: masquerade: no forward-ports: icmp-blocks: rich rules: 

What do I need to change in order to get CentOS to be able to see the wifi connections? There are available connections. Does the firewall need to change? Or something else?

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