How can I troubleshoot the issue?
Problems range through:
- Poor connection speeds
- Dropped connections
- Failure to connect
- Seemingly random disconnects
- Poor range
- Card is stuck in
hardware disabled
state
Note that in all cases iwlagn
should be replaced with your wireless module name. In my case iwlwifi
.
Options for connection speed
The coex option:
Notes:
It would be good form to change the customintel6300N.conf
part to the name of your driver or card so you can easily find out where you tweaked the module parameters. lsmod | grep iwl
should tell you what driver/module you're using. In my case it's iwlwifi
As root add a file in modprobe.d that makes the setting persist, like this:
As root
with your text editor of choice make a new file:
/etc/modprobe.d/customintel6300N.conf
In that file add a line like:
options iwlagn bt_coex_active=0
Save and reboot.
Disabling hardwarecrypto
Some users have reported that N support gets much more reliable using software you might try
options iwlagn hwcrypto=0
instead of the coex
option.
Disabling N support As was already suggested by Jorge Castro:
options iwlagn 11n_disable=0
Recovering from stuck in hardware disabled state
The goal of that set is to remove power from wherever the wireless card stores the hardware disabled state and defaults to 'enabled' on the next boot.
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