Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:11 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centrino "Advanced"-N 6235 wireless Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonUvOp%2BcthRorqKmw4shQfHiQ8w%2BY6VfXKSHiJdRQ4FkA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1UAHZw-0001in-VS@clue.co.za> References: <E1UAHZw-0001in-VS@clue.co.za>
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Does Linux run stable with this NIC? Adrian On 26 February 2013 02:16, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote: > Hi > > I have one of these "Advanced" controlers in my laptop. It's up > for grabs for an interested developer after this coming week-end. > I need to de-solder the w.FL connectors to to put them on a supported > non-Intel card to get working wifi. I will replace the on-card > connectors with u.FL. > > iwn0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40608086 chip=0x088e8086 rev=0x24 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Centrino Advanced-N 6235' > class = network > > Contact me in private email if you're interested. > > The issues are: > 1. Need the latest Intel firmware (iwlwifi-6000g2b-18.168.6.1) > to get anything approaching connectivity. > 2. The 2.4GHz radio will absolutely not use a 20MHz channel if the > AP will do 40MHz. > 3. 40MHz channels don't work. > 4. Random disconnects every 30 minutes or so requiring a wlan0 > destroy/create to recover. > > Ian > > -- > Ian Freislich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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