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No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless card

Post by jessiejackson »

Hi,

I have a laptop with an Intel AC 7260 wireless card and mint 17 does not show the wifi networks.

I have looked through many forums and websites but can't seem t find simple step by step instructions to resolve this.

I am new to Linux so simple instructions please.

Thanks in advance.
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Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by JeremyB »

If you have wired connection to the problem pc do this in terminal, usually CTRL+ALT+t and use the mouse to copy and paste this command

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 wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && \chmod +x wireless_scipt
Unplug the ethernet cable and

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./wireless_script
You should then find a file named wireless-info that you can attach to your next post
jessiejackson

Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by jessiejackson »

Hi Mate,

Thanks for your reply.

After running the 1st script this is what i got. It states 'wireless script' not found.

--2014-08-28 16:11:33-- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script
Resolving dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)... 107.21.209.204
Connecting to dl.dropbox.com (dl.dropbox.com)|107.21.209.204|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND
Location: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5726 ... ess_script [following]
--2014-08-28 16:11:34-- http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5726 ... ess_script
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)... 54.225.237.75, 54.227.239.70, 54.235.106.1, ...
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|54.225.237.75|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 FOUND
Cookie coming from dl.dropboxusercontent.com attempted to set domain to dropbox.com
Cookie coming from dl.dropboxusercontent.com attempted to set domain to dropbox.com
Location: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/572 ... ess_script [following]
--2014-08-28 16:11:34-- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/572 ... ess_script
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|54.225.237.75|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7661 (7.5K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘wireless_script’

100%[======================================>] 7,661 --.-K/s in 0s

Last-modified header missing -- time-stamps turned off.
2014-08-28 16:11:35 (277 MB/s) - ‘wireless_script’ saved [7661/7661]

chmod: cannot access ‘wireless_scipt’: No such file or directory
jessiejackson

Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by jessiejackson »

and the message received by entering th 2nd command.

bash: ./wireless_script: Permission denied
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Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by JeremyB »

Trying to put commands together with my phone sucks

Figured it out

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chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script
with the ethernet disconnected
jessiejackson

Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by jessiejackson »

No problem... txt file not allowed to i have copied and pasted below. Thanks


########## wireless info START ##########

Report from: 28 Aug 2014 17:10 BST +0100

Script from: 17 Aug 2014 02:46 UTC +0000

##### release #####

Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Release: 17
Codename: qiana

##### kernel #####

Linux 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Parameters: ro, quiet, splash

##### desktop #####

default

##### lspci #####

02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) [8086:100f] (rev 01)
Subsystem: VMware PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter [15ad:0750]
Kernel driver in use: e1000

##### lsusb #####

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

##### PCMCIA card info #####

##### rfkill #####

##### lsmod #####

##### interfaces #####

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

##### ifconfig #####

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <MAC addr eth0>
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe11:96ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:28233 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:27982 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:23549518 (23.5 MB) TX bytes:6629072 (6.6 MB)

##### iwconfig #####

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

##### route #####

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

##### resolv.conf #####

##### nm-tool #####

NetworkManager Tool

State: disconnected

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: e1000
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: <MAC addr eth0>

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 1000 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

##### NetworkManager.state #####

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true

##### NetworkManager.conf #####

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono
dns=dnsmasq

[ifupdown]
managed=false

##### iw reg get #####

country 00:
(2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20)
(2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS
(5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS

##### iwlist channels #####

eth0 no frequency information.

lo no frequency information.

##### iwlist scan #####

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

##### module infos #####

##### module parameters #####

##### /etc/modules #####

lp
rtc

##### blacklists #####

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf]
blacklist ath_pci

[/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf]
blacklist evbug
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd
blacklist eepro100
blacklist de4x5
blacklist eth1394
blacklist snd_intel8x0m
blacklist snd_aw2
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist prism54
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist garmin_gps
blacklist asus_acpi
blacklist snd_pcsp
blacklist pcspkr
blacklist amd76x_edac

##### udev rules #####

grep: /etc/udev/rules.d/*net*.rules: No such file or directory

##### dmesg #####

[ 5.143495] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
[ 5.754898] e1000 0000:02:01.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

########## wireless info END ############
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Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by JeremyB »

If you are using running mint in virtualbox or virtual machine, I have read that wireless access is not possible
jessiejackson

Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by jessiejackson »

Oh really? I hope that isn't true.
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Re: Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wirele

Post by JeremyB »

jessiejackson wrote:Oh really? I hope that isn't true.
It appears that direct wireless access isn't possible

http://askubuntu.com/questions/178804/w ... virtualbox

You might find your answer

It seems that virtual will route the hosts wifi over a virtual eth0 which does appear in the wireless script and it looks like it is working
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Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

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jessiejackson

Re: No WIFI using mint 17 cinamon - Intel AC 7260 wireless c

Post by jessiejackson »

Thanks guys... Upon further research it appears JeremyB is correct. VM softwares do not allow direct access to the wireless card and the only solution is to buy a USB WIFI adapter.

Cheers for your help guys.

Thanks
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