The Linux kernel driver for Intel's current wireless chips.
iwlwifi, previously known as iwlagn, is a Linux kernel module, which is an intel wifi networkcarddriver.
Questions tagged [iwlwifi]
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Bluetooth Mouse Lag
looking for help diagnosing bluetooth mouse lag. I'm using a Logitech MX Anywhere 2, I've had it a few years now and it's worked well on a number of Linux distros. I recently installed Debian 10 and set it up to use Sid repos. In this environment,…
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How do I install "non-free firmware" (wifi driver) from USB? (Debian)
I just installed Debian on laptop, it tells me
Some of your hardware needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be loaded from removable media, such as a USB stick or floppy.
The missing firmware files are: iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode…
user147855
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Wifi suddenly stopped working on Ubuntu 18.04
I'm using a Ubuntu Budgie 18.04. I've been using it for a year without any problems, but suddenly the wifi stopped working, and in the network settings, I get the message "No Wifi Adapter Found".
The result of the iwconfig command is
enp59s0 no…
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What are the most reliable wifi commandline tools? iw vs wpa_cli vs nmcli
I am exploring a few low-level tools for connecting to wireless networks, and I found the following tools (with useful documentation/tutorial links):
iw
wpa_cli
nmcli
I cannot seem to find a thorough evaluation of these tools, or of similar tools.…
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How can I parse the microcode (ucode) in iwlwifi to get the version numbers?
I have an Intel wireless card driven by iwlwifi, and I can see the following message in dmesg:
iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 17.168.5.3 build 42301
Given that I know which blob is loaded, how I can find out the version of this blob…
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Locating Drivers for Intel AX200 Wireless on 5.1 Kernel
I recently purchased a new laptop which features an Intel Wireless-AX200 Networking device for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. I installed elementary OS 5.0 "Juno" along with the latest stable linux kernel (5.1.1), as I've heard that it should…
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Where can I find the microcode (ucode) that is being loaded by iwlwifi (Intel 6205)?
Trying to trouble-shoot this error which pertains to microcode, my card from lspci shows,
Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
system.log shows,
iwlwifi: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205…
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How to prevent bluetooth audio skipping with the A2DP profile on Arch Linux?
I am experiencing quite heavy audio skipping when streaming audio to my bluetooth speaker (Sony SRS-X3) using pulseaudio and Arch Linux on a T430. I think it is related to a known bug [1]. The speaker works flawlessly with Android.
$ sudo lspci -nnk…
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Connect to wifi from command line on linux systems through the iwd (wireless daemon for linux)
The iwd is the up-and-coming wireless daemon for linux released by
Intel and the wpasupplicant successor. The development of iwd is still in progress, but it is packaged under some linux distribution Gentoo, Arch-linux , Ubuntu (Cosmic) and Debian…
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How to use proprietary wireless drivers during Debian USB install?
I downloaded the Debian amd64 netinstall ISO and put it onto a USB stick. The installer runs fine, but my laptop requires proprietary wireless drivers (iwlwifi) to get internet during the install. During the "Detect Network Hardware" stage the…
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Intel Wireless 8260 slow
I've a PC with an Intel Wireless 8260 running Debian Unstable. networking.service slows the startup (with systemd) down with 1 minute and ~5 seconds. I'm running version 4.8.15-2 of the Linux kernel with version 20161130-2 of the iwlwifi firmware.…
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Intel® Wireless 7265D: iw shows wrong regulatory information
On a computer with the Intel® 7265D wifi device iw reg get produces the following output:
global
country 00: DFS-UNSET
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A)
(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A), NO-IR
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (N/A, 20), (N/A),…
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WiFi suddenly stopped working on Ubuntu 18
My Situation is exactly equal to OP's from this question (except for the exact hardware configuration; I can add some more details if needed), but the answer that fixed the issue there didn't work for me. In particular, the output to sudo dmesg…
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Ubuntu Wifi Problems (No adapter found)
So I just installed minimal Ubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo Legion Y720 to start using it as a daily driver, but WiFi fails to connect to the Internet despite having enabled Wireless LAN in BIOS/Setup.
lspci:
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation…
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Modemmanager 1.10 Couldn't check support for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:02:00.0'
Machine: Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431
Trying to write a udev rule to simply ignore the onboard Intel Wireless 7265 (Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265)
On boot, modemmanager hangs the boot process with this informative message:
Couldn't check support for…
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