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#1 2015-04-15 22:54:01

dwsmith
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Registered: 2015-04-07
Posts: 18

Wireless question for Intel AC 7260 wireless card with iwlwifi

I have a couple questions in regards to my wireless setup.

Why does IEEE 802.11abgn not show ac? Does this mean I am not able to use this ban? My router is an ac router and my wireless card is Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260.

iwconfig wlp2s0 
wlp2s0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"xxxxxx"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.805 GHz  Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   
          Bit Rate=117 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-38 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:5   Missed beacon:0

I have tried enabling the following

# enable antenna aggregation for slow uplink speed
options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8
# enable encryption if you have a poor connection
options iwlwifi swcrypto=1

in /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf.

My other question is it possible to turn off power saving? I have set up

ACTION="add", SUBSYSTEM="net", ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", RUN+="/usr/bin/iw dev %k set power_save off"

I have also tried wlp2s0 instead of %k but neither seem to work. This is located in /etc/udev/rules.d/80-iwlwifi.rules.

My final question is how can I set tx_power 15 on boot? I know how to set it per session but can I add something to iwlwifi.conf or 80-iwlwifi.rules to accomplish this?

Edit:

I have noticed when options iwlwifi 11n_disable=8 is enabled, I only connect to the 2GHz network but when I comment it out, I connect to the 5GHz network.

Edit 2:

I have tried the following iterations but none of them worked

ACTION="add", SUBSYSTEM="net", ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", RUN+="/usr/bin/iwconfig wlp2s0 set power_save off"
ACTION="add", SUBSYSTEM="net", ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", RUN+="/usr/bin/iwconfig wlp2s0 power_save off"
ACTION="add", SUBSYSTEM="net", ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", RUN+="/usr/bin/iwconfig wlp2s0 power off"
ACTION="add", SUBSYSTEM="net", ATTR{address}=="xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", RUN+="/usr/bin/iwconfig wlp2s0 set power off"

I could try with %k but I feel like that wouldn't work at all since it only really makes sense with wlp2s0. I will now try by putting dev wlp2s0.

Edit 3:

The dev wlp2s0 iteration is a bust as well for disabling power management.

Last edited by dwsmith (2015-04-16 19:10:01)

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#2 2015-05-02 03:03:27

rrobe53
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Registered: 2014-07-14
Posts: 4

Re: Wireless question for Intel AC 7260 wireless card with iwlwifi

Did you ever figure this out? I'm in the same boat, 7260 AC without AC capability.

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#3 2015-05-02 04:14:12

dwsmith
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Registered: 2015-04-07
Posts: 18

Re: Wireless question for Intel AC 7260 wireless card with iwlwifi

rrobe53 wrote:

Did you ever figure this out? I'm in the same boat, 7260 AC without AC capability.

Unfortunately, I haven't made any progress so I have nothing to report back. Have you tried anything promising?

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#4 2015-05-02 09:41:59

Gusar
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Registered: 2009-08-25
Posts: 3,607

Re: Wireless question for Intel AC 7260 wireless card with iwlwifi

iwconfig and the interface it uses (wext - wireless_extenstions) haven't seen work for years before AC even existed. They're deprecated and outdated. Use iw instead.

Also, I recall reading that not all 7260 devices are AC. I'd have to check that though.

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#5 2015-05-02 17:38:43

rrobe53
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Registered: 2014-07-14
Posts: 4

Re: Wireless question for Intel AC 7260 wireless card with iwlwifi

dwsmith wrote:

Unfortunately, I haven't made any progress so I have nothing to report back. Have you tried anything promising?

I tried installing the .ucode manually from here http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/w … 034398.htm

No guarantee I did it correctly because I've never had to do that before, but I couldn't get that to work either.

Gusar wrote:

iwconfig and the interface it uses (wext - wireless_extenstions) haven't seen work for years before AC even existed. They're deprecated and outdated. Use iw instead.

Also, I recall reading that not all 7260 devices are AC. I'd have to check that though.

Yeah there's a 7260 AC and 7260 N, but I definitely have the AC.

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