lshw -C network
gives info about my wireless card, driver, and firmware:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.16.0-34-generic firmware=8.83.5.1 build 33692 ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:49 memory:f4200000-f4201fff
modinfo
gives information about the driver module iwlwifi
and firmwares:
$ modinfo iwlwifi
filename: /lib/modules/3.16.0-34-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
license: GPL
author: Copyright(c) 2003- 2014 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
version: in-tree:
description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware: iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode
firmware: iwlwifi-8000-8.ucode
srcversion: 93D664267873827B22C4309
About the driver module:
Is the version of
iwlwifi
3.16.0-34-generic
as output bylshw -C network
, orin-tree:
as output bymodinfo iwlwifi
, or93D664267873827B22C4309
as output bymodinfo iwlwifi
?
Where can I find the latest available version of
iwlwifi
and how to install it on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04?About the firmware(s):
Is the version of the firmware which
iwlwifi
needs8.83.5.1 build 33692
as output bylshw -C network
, oriwlwifi-<digit>.ucode
as output bymodinfo iwlwifi
?
Are the line started with
firmware
in the output ofmodinfo iwlwifi
- different versions of the same firmware? Or
- different firmwares?
Where can I find the latest available version of the firmwares, and how to install them on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04?
Thanks!