From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
To: Pat Erley <pat-lkml@erley.org>
Cc: matt emery <matt@x204.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: Intel 7260
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:24:03 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1385490243.7838.16.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5294E46C.40102@erley.org>
On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 12:11 -0600, Pat Erley wrote:
> On 11/26/2013 06:28 AM, matt emery wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I hope you can help, I am having problems getting N with new Dual band
> > wireless ac 7260 pci express half mini card, manufacturer code
> > 7260.HMWWB
> >
> > lspci: 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 08b1 (rev 73)
> >
> > Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic
> >
> > firmware: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682892 Nov 26 12:10 iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode
> > from here; http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iwlwifi-7260-ucode-22.0.7.0.tgz
> >
> > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"XXXX"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 06:XX:22:XX:ED:XX
> > Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
> > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
>
> > Encryption key:off
>
> While I'm not certain about your AP or the 7260 driver, I believe
> 802.11n technically requires WPA2 encryption. Try turning that on and
> testing again.
This is true, but also Matt is using 'iwconfig', which does not support
anything N-related because it uses the older WEXT kernel API. It simply
won't show 802.11n bitrates, nor will it show encryption details for
WPA.
Matt should be using 'iw' instead, with:
iw dev wlan0 info
iw dev wlan0 link
Dan
> > Power Management:off
> > Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-36 dBm
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:1 Invalid misc:27 Missed beacon:0
> >
> >
> > Let me know if you need anything else.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > matt
> >
> > Matthew Emery
> > 07988 197 438
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-26 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <CAKnB8xgAVp+Ti597RN4_kgPLgXpW1JCr4SQaqfqCzy5A4=o3Ow@mail.gmail.com>
2013-11-26 12:28 ` Fwd: Intel 7260 matt emery
2013-11-26 18:11 ` Pat Erley
2013-11-26 18:24 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2013-11-26 18:35 ` matt emery
2013-11-26 20:46 ` Drasko DRASKOVIC
2013-11-26 21:14 ` matt emery
2013-11-26 21:24 ` Pat Erley
2013-11-26 21:28 ` matt emery
2013-11-26 21:50 ` matt emery
2013-11-28 7:49 ` Emmanuel Grumbach
2013-11-28 8:39 ` matt emery
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