Centrino "Advanced"-N 6235 wireless

[Adrian Chadd]

Does Linux run stable with this NIC?



Adrian


On 26 February 2013 02:16, Ian FREISLICH <ianf at 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 at 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
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