"nmcli radio all" shows "WIFI" enabled" even though there is no Wi-Fi hardware

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why does command nmcli radio all show wireless communication hardware as enabled even though there is no such hardware present?
# nmcli radio all
WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8.

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