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Questions tagged [intel-wireless]

Questions related to wireless cards/devices made by Intel.

Here are some common troubleshooting steps for Intel wireless cards:

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"SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill"?

I am getting this error as a part of this problem here but since this problem is totally different issue I think it is better to consider this issue separately. My wlan0 is down. When I try to turn it on with $ sudo ifconfig wlan0…
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Unstable wireless with Intel 7260 + iwlwifi after upgrade to 15.04

My wifi connection has gone unstable and I suspect it has something to do with upgrading to 15.04. I am working on a Lenovo Yoga 2 (not pro) laptop. The wireless card is Intel 7260, the driver is iwlwifi. In case that is useful, here is additional…
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How to stop constantly blinking Wifi LED?

I have a Dell E6510 and after installing Ubuntu and connecting to a wireless network, my Wifi LED keeps blinking all the time, probably in response to traffic. This is really annoying because it keeps drawing my attention away from the screen. Is…
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Using Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) in Ubuntu

My Thinkpad X1 Carbon apparently supports Intel WiDi. I believe this should, in theory, allow me to share my screen with my Sony Bravia TV which supports Miracast. Is it possible to make use of Wireless Display in Ubuntu to share my display with my…
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No wireless for Intel Corporation 7260 version 63

I have a Dell XPS 12 running Ubuntu 13.10 and it doesn't appear to find it's wireless. I have tried the suggestions here but they made no difference peter@xps:/lib/firmware$ ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682892…
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Clicking an AP in network manager causes error "The access point was not in the scan list"

I have a room with pretty weak WiFi signal and my access point has a hidden name, but is correctly configured and saved in network manager. Sometimes when I lose connection, the AP still appears in the network manager indicator's drop-down menu.…
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Intel wireless 8260 - unclaimed network

I have a thinkpad yoga 14, and I installed Ubuntu 15.10 on it. Wireless isn't working. sudo lshw -c network has (for the relevant device): zck@my-computer:~/Downloads$ sudo lshw -c network *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network…
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Intel Corporation Wireless-N 7260 card dies randomly

On Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, after some up-time my wireless card stops working. Sometimes it helps to stop WiFi in the nm-applett (at the top right corner) and restart it to get a new connection to my WiFi, but mostly this doesn't help anymore - you have…
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Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode: Intel centrino N1000 Wireless

I am a new Ubuntu user and have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire One D255 netbook with an Intel Centrino N1000 Wireless Card. All I want is to set my netbook as wifi hotspot for my android devices. This worked well for me in Windows 7…
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Wifi losing connection, weak signal, Intel 7260 adapter

I yesterday upgraded from Windows to Ubuntu 15.04 but I have problem with my wireless adapter Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73). It randomly loses internet connection. Restarting adapter always helps. (same it did with Windows, except that…
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Very slow, intermittent WiFi speeds with 14.04 and Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh]

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on the harddisk of a Lenovo Y650 Ideapad laptop. The wireless adapter is an Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh]. Initially I could not connect to any wireless networks; however, I could see them. There…
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Wireless with Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a Samsung Series 5 530U3C-A0J and while Ethernet works, I am having trouble with wireless LAN. It manages to establish a connection to my router without any problems, but that's it. I cannot actually use this connection,…
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wpa_supplicant[949]: wlan0: Failed to initiate sched scan

I installed ubuntu 14.04 lts with gnome, I connect normally to wifi of my house, but in my college i can't, my colleges wifi is an open wifi with a html login page. My notebook is a dell Inspiron 14. I run in terminal tailf /var/log/syslog and…
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Frequent deauthentication from Wifi (Reason: 6) in a Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak]

For a few days now, my wifi is getting disrupted every few minutes. I use a 'vanilla' Ubuntu installation (i.e Unity, NetworkManager etc.). After an hour or so, the connection gets severed completely and NetworkManager can't find the network…
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How do I change which firmware is used for my wireless card

I'm trying to update the firmware for my wireless card, an Intel 8260 with the iwlwifi driver. /lib/firmware/ has the following files, among others: iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucode (version 16.242414.0) iwlwifi-8000C-22.ucode (version…
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