[kwlug-disc] More wi-fi adventures

[CrankyOldBugger]

Well then you won't need the nvidia stuff, but get the wpa-supplicant.
It's not installed by default anymore, for some reason, and from what I've
read about this problem it seems to be the lynchpin.



On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 16:36, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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