Hp Pavilion DV6 Wifi Issues

[DanneStrat]

Thank YOU! It now works! Thanks again! How do I mark this as solved?

I'm glad you got it fixed!

You can mark the thread solved on the top of the

thread in "thread tools".

[rabbitdaone]

So the fix was not permanent...Nor does it want to work more than once.

I am now thinking it would be better to downgrade to an earlier version of Ubuntu that is without this issue. Does anyone have any recommendations? Should I have posed this question in a different thread?

[DanneStrat]

So the fix was not permanent...Nor does it want to work more than once.

I am now thinking it would be better to downgrade to an earlier version of Ubuntu that is without this issue. Does anyone have any recommendations? Should I have posed this question in a different thread?

No you don't have to downgrade

to an earlier ubuntu version.


The info I gave you earlier with unloading

the module and then loading it with a parameter

was not a permanent fix, it was just so we could

see if that fixed the problem.

I forgot to tell you what you need to do to make the

module use that parameter by default.

Do the following in a terminal and post the

output you get. I will tell you what to do next:

grep iwlagn /etc/modprobe.d/*

[rabbitdaone]

@DanneStrat

Thanks for the reply friend, your assistance is much appreciated.

As for the output...Nothing happens. It just gives me a fresh line to input code.

Could you also tell me what "11n_disable=1" means?

[DanneStrat]

@DanneStrat

Thanks for the reply friend, your assistance is much appreciated.

As for the output...Nothing happens. It just gives me a fresh line to input code.

Could you also tell me what "11n_disable=1" means?

Hi again!

"11n_disable=1" is a parameter for the "iwlagn" module

used by your wireless card. That option disables

wireless N which doesn't seem to work properly at the moment

for intel cards. "1" means that the option is enabled and

"0" means the option is disabled.

Since you didn't get any output from the above command, let's

try this instead(we need to find the right file to edit)

cd /etc/modprobe.d/

then do:

ls

Post the output.

[rabbitdaone]

@DanneStrat

Oh ok lovely, thanks for the info.

Is there any way to make a fix permanent? Or will I have to downgrade?

[DanneStrat]

@DanneStrat

Oh ok lovely, thanks for the info.

Is there any way to make a fix permanent? Or will I have to downgrade?

I edited my post above.

Have a look there.

[rabbitdaone]

Hi again!

"11n_disable=1" is a parameter for the "iwlagn" module

used by your wireless card. That option disables

wireless N which doesn't seem to work properly at the moment

for intel cards. "1" means that the option is enabled and

"0" means the option is disabled.

Since you didn't get any output from the above command, let's

try this instead(we need to find the right file to edit)

cd /etc/modprobe.d/

then do:

ls

Post the output.

These are the files/directories in that folder:

alsa-base.conf blacklist-firewire.conf blacklist-watchdog.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf blacklist-framebuffer.conf fglrx.conf
blacklist-bcm43.conf blacklist-modem.conf
blacklist.conf blacklist-oss.conf

[DanneStrat]

Alright.

We will make a new file in that folder.

Do this in a terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/intel_11n_disable.conf

Gedit will open up with our new file.

Now put this line in the file:

options iwlagn 11n_disable=1

Now save the file(file > save)

and exit.

At this point we want to unload the kernel

module and reload it and after that it

should run with wireless N disabled by default.

In terminal do:

sudo modprobe -r iwlagn

Then reload it with:

sudo modprobe iwlagn

Now check if everything works

and try to reboot the computer to make sure

the settings remain.

Good luck.

[rabbitdaone]

@DanneStrat

So far so good, is gksudo the same as sudo? If not, whats the difference?