[ltp] strange behaviour of wireless

Yves-Alexis Perez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:00:35 +0200


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On lun., 2011-08-08 at 22:34 +0100, Lou Burnard wrote:
> A connexion gets made, but then it gets shut down. Not only that, but it
> kills my router too! The wlan connexion on my adsl2 modem just curls up i=
ts
> toes and disappears! At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but no=
,
> it's completely repeatable. The router reconfigures itself and reconnects=
,
> and everything is fine, until I try using the wifi on my X301 again.=20

It seems that various intel nic have issues with 802.11n, which might be
sitting in the microcode. There are various reports on this, with no fix
(except 80211n_disable or something) that I could find.

Google for the various iwlagn messages.

Regards,
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Yves-Alexis

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