[kwlug-disc] More wi-fi adventures

[Ron Singh]

Ohh...I confused, the X201 does not have an Nvidia chip in it, just a lowly
Intel embedded processor graphics thing.

Thanks,

Ron Singh



On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 4:14 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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