[SOLVED] No wifi with Intel 7260AC

[Jasanna]

Good Day everyone,

I am having problems getting my wireless to work on this ASUS Q502LA laptop. It has an Intel 7260AC Dual-Band card.
I currently have these drivers installed

/lib/firmware

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 679780 Feb 24  2014 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 680320 Oct 21 04:45 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode

dmesg does not show iwlwifi being loaded

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liz@liz-Q502LA ~ $ dmesg | grep iw
liz@liz-Q502LA ~ $ 

modinfo shows

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liz@liz-Q502LA ~ $ modinfo iwlwifi
filename:       /lib/modules/3.13.0-29-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Copyright(c) 2003-2013 Intel Corporation <ilw@linux.intel.com>
version:        in-tree:
description:    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware:       iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode
srcversion:     1E6912E109D5A43B310FB34
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000095Asv*sd00005490bc*sc*i*
*****REMOVED ALIASES********
alias:          pci:v00008086d00004232sv*sd00001201bc*sc*i*
depends:        cfg80211
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.13.0-29-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
signer:         Magrathea: Glacier signing key
sig_key:        66:02:CB:36:F1:31:3B:EA:01:C4:BD:A9:65:67:CF:A7:23:C9:70:D8
sig_hashalgo:   sha512
parm:           swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
parm:           11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: disable agg TX, 4: disable agg RX, 8 enable agg TX (uint)
parm:           amsdu_size_8K:enable 8K amsdu size (default 0) (int)
parm:           fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (default true) (bool)
parm:           antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (defualt: 0 dB) (int)
parm:           wd_disable:Disable stuck queue watchdog timer 0=system default, 1=disable, 2=enable (default: 0) (int)
parm:           nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
parm:           bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
parm:           led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
parm:           power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
parm:           power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)

lsusb shows

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lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0457:108d Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13d3:5656 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lshw -c NETWORK shows

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sudo lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 54:a0:50:39:4c:f4
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl8168g-3_0.0.1 04/23/13 ip=192.168.1.125 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:58 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:f7d04000-f7d04fff memory:f7d00000-f7d03fff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Wireless 7260
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: cb
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f7c00000-f7c01fff

Any help in getting this network card to work on wifi would be apperciated

[JeremyB]

Look at

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

and paste the result. There is at least one 7260 chipset that isn't supported in linux yet but a work around has been found

[Jasanna]

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:200f]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 [8086:08b1] (rev cb)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4c70]

[JeremyB]

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:200f]
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 [8086:08b1] (rev cb)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4c70]

And that is the one I know of, I will post the link to the work around when I find it. If you do

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modinfo iwlwifi | grep 4C70

you should see no results

[Jasanna]

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modinfo iwlwifi | grep 4C70
liz@liz-Q502LA ~ $ 

Are you going to referencing this site: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2242147&page=2

[Jasanna]

JeremyB,

You were able to point me in the right direction. That link I posted was the solution.


Thank you

[JeremyB]

JeremyB,

You were able to point me in the right direction. That link I posted was the solution.


Thank you

Follow instructions on post 12 by chili555 to the letter and you will have wifi