From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 26 10:49:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590256F1 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:49:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x22e.google.com (mail-we0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22e]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D4AB2B for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:49:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f174.google.com with SMTP id r6so3367466wey.19 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ft5KiA8np9HPr9tqVS7XPJ1TpnnRI6vhPnUrQDQjxqw=; b=HtQzDx8weLB6lzWrDQX2/TMt8yORLYTzUHvThaKizFOB+jsxFAv3O3sIWTNG50mDGK dUY1/Iyn3P7wxyLsONbCbtGBK0C9azc2DZLRX0QqFF5LFOXAFi7rIN3kgQwIUL+6HoB2 nBW+5ZH1QwTMYYEzzf3/LeoY77UvPGRq0hvlhfeOZsK6xsVSrIJdCduSYjIQRkGcFxRi W5xk+FG+Xnllg35jhTWfT56QJ4kQOMNZQ7891ZrCMV/KUvbHcDQiYsBzB0qKHRPAmZBe VWks5/oL+XiSPMQr73ngMC6yDo5n/VxAGtXD9xoP8asndOQ5okfqwE0p3v8YRgAXYubK ZLCQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.5.137 with SMTP id s9mr24287647wjs.5.1361875751224; Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.74.194 with HTTP; Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:11 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xFb5rAN6gzCQm1mYVs88eftBmLw Message-ID: Subject: Re: Centrino "Advanced"-N 6235 wireless From: Adrian Chadd To: Ian FREISLICH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:49:12 -0000 Does Linux run stable with this NIC? Adrian On 26 February 2013 02:16, Ian FREISLICH 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"