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From: Marco <netuse@lavabit.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DHCP request timed out, iwlwifi
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:06:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120806210607.22c195f1@homerow> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1344270901.11053.12.camel@dcbw.foobar.com

On 2012-08-06 Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
wrote:

> What kernel version?

3.2.0

> Is the network an 802.11n-enabled network?

Nope.

> If you have kernel version 3.2, try to disable 802.11n and see if
> that makes things happier.

Unfortunately not.

> Association happens correctly, but data frames do not work.

Sorry, I don't quite get it. What is the problem here (if you can
tell), a bug in the driver?

> Do something like the following:
> 
> rmmod iwlwifi
> modprobe iwlwifi 11n_disable=1
> (let it reconnect)

Same as before.

> Or, better yet, upgrade your kernel version to 3.4 or later, but
> that's probably not something that Canonical will do in the near
> future with 12.04.

If it helps, I can build and install my own kernel. What would you
suggest, any objections against 3.5.0 or should I go for a 3.4.0?

Thanks for your help.


Marco



  reply	other threads:[~2012-08-06 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-06 14:14 DHCP request timed out, iwlwifi Marco
2012-08-06 16:35 ` Dan Williams
2012-08-06 19:06   ` Marco [this message]
2012-08-06 17:28 ` Marco
2012-08-06 19:47   ` Dan Williams
2012-08-06 20:20     ` Marco
2012-09-01 13:14     ` Marco

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