[kwlug-disc] More wi-fi adventures

[CrankyOldBugger]

Maybe my last email didn't get through, but I was having the exact same
problem with my Lenovo Y500 laptop with the Centrino wi-fi card (n-2230,
IIRC?).  You only need to make sure that you've installed the Nvidia
drivers and the wpa-supplicant file.  I'm now able to run wi-fi in Ubuntu
18.10.

You can do the nvidia part from the Software & Updates app.  For the
wpa-supplicant, you can run:

sudo apt install wpasupplicant






On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 15:38, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, well, if you have 16.04 on a live stick, that would be an easy
> check.
> Alternatively, you are welcome to grab one of them 6300 off me to have a
> go. Gratis.
>
> Alas, I cannot make it to tonite's meet, but am in my Waterloo office(near
> UW) on Tues/Thurs for a couple of hours and you can get it then, or wait
> till the Dec meet and I bring it to you.
>
> 2 night ago I was mucking around with Mint 19(based on Ubu 18.04) and had
> zero issues with an N-6205-equipped X201.  I have not tried an N-6200 with
> Ubu 18.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Singh
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:32 PM Nickle, Brian <brian at nickle.ca> wrote:
>
>> It is a Lenovo X201 thinkpad running an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
>> (rev 35).  And honestly until 18.04 it was rock solid.
>>
>> It might be worth trying a different card I might also boot back into
>> 16.04 just to verify that the hardware is working correctly and i'm not
>> dealing with a failing card.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:15 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Which Intel wrls card is it? The 1000, 6200, 6205, 6300?
>>> I have found the 1000 to be a miserable card to work with and the 6300
>>> to be sublime. The 6205 is quite reliable too, no break/make, no off to
>>> lala-land.
>>>
>>> What laptop is it? I might just have some spare cards lying around that
>>> you are welcome to if it fits your laptop.
>>> I have a whack of 6200/6205 for Thinkpads and a few of the 6300 ones I
>>> got from CN for less than 10 bucks each that you are welcome to.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ron Singh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:07 PM Nickle, Brian <brian at nickle.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My Intel Centrino N WiFi card has been really crappy since 18.04 it
>>>>> will connect and then fall offline. I haven't found a stable solution yet
>>>>> but I haven't tried real hard.  The issue has something to do with
>>>>> *iwlwifi* module changes in the newer kernels it appears.  I haven't
>>>>> tried any of the backports of this module I just keep updating the firmware
>>>>> package hoping to fix the issues.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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