[SOLVED] Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver help

ericbee · 2011-09-10 00:12:54

I have the formentioned wireless adapter. I was trying to get driver support for it, as it does not show in ifconfig.

It says here that support should be built into the kernel. http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi

I went to install following the directions here. http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iw … to-iwlwifi and modprobe doesn't show mac80211.

I then went to http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?p=ma … o-mac80211 and I am getting stuck during the make process.

Kernel Makefile not found at '/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/source/'

I downloaded the kernel source, which was hard to find with all that seems to be going on at kernel.org, but /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/source/ is not a directory. I am not sure what to do next.

Hmm. It looks like I see the kernel source in /usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH but I am not sure why the mac80211 makefile is not looking there.

Last edited by ericbee (2011-09-10 01:30:27)

.:B:. · 2011-09-10 00:32:04

$ lspci -nn|grep Network
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 [8086:422c] (rev 3e)
$ modinfo iwlagn|grep filename
filename:       /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko.gz
$ pacman -Qo /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko.gz
/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlagn.ko.gz is owned by linux 3.0.4-1

You should investigate. Intel's wireless card are among the best supported on Linux. You say mac80211 is not loaded, but have you tried loading it to see if it spits out any errors? Or iwlagn, for that matter?

You're tackling this problem from the wrong side.

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-09-10 00:34:32)

ericbee · 2011-09-10 00:46:24

You are correct sir. Turns out it was listed in lsmod and I missed it. Just had to bring up the interface.

I tend to over-think things, especially after having had to go through the trouble of complining support with older kernels in the past.

Thank you for pointing out my obvious oversight.

Last edited by ericbee (2011-09-10 01:30:57)

.:B:. · 2011-09-10 00:49:37

Good to hear that's all it was . Please add [Solved] to your topic title if your issue has been resolved .

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#1 2011-09-10 00:12:54

[SOLVED] Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver help

#2 2011-09-10 00:32:04

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver help

#3 2011-09-10 00:46:24

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver help

#4 2011-09-10 00:49:37

Re: [SOLVED] Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 driver help

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