I’m trying to install the driver for my Intel WiFi adaptor (7260HMW, mini PCIe). The driver I intend to use is iwlwifi. Unfortunately, in the backport’s stable directory there isn’t a perfect match for the kernel that the Jetson is running (3.10.24). Do you have any suggestions on how to adapt this driver to the TK1?
The following command lists correctly my network adapter:
$lspci -nnk | grep-iA2 net
Further, when I tried to compile backports-3.10.19, make couldn’t find the kernel’s header files, then I unsuccessfully tried to install the header files with:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
It only worked with: “linux-headers-generic”, but these header files appear to be insufficient to iwlwifi.
I took a look in apt cache:
apt-cache search linux-headers
Indeed, there isn’t a something that corresponds to my install attempt.
Can someone lead me in the proper direction to solve this?
I am using the Grinch Kernel and continue to have problems with my Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 HMW. The connection is very intermittent. I have tried 2 different cards and 2 different TK1s. I am seeing other posts that it works so, I am wondering am I missing something.
Linux tegra-ubuntu 3.10.24-grinch-19.3.3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 16 22:49:01 UTC 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
Santyago,
Thanks for the reply. I read the link that you posted concerning the possible power management problems with the card. I modified /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf as you recommended as well as turning power management off with iwconfig wlan0 power off . The output of that command is “wlan0 Current mode:off”
The symptoms of my 7260 wireless are:
Can only see 2 wireless networks from the tegra however, from my laptop I can see 19.
Was able to connect to the 2 available networks only three times in three days.
Once connected the signal seems to degrade after 3-5 minutes until it drops.
After several unsuccessful attempts to connect to the wireless networks, the available networks via the Ubuntu desktop notification list disappears even though iwlist shows them.
I can provide output from dmesg if you find it helpful.
I have also been experiencing issues with the Intel 7260 mPCIe and have tried the above solutions. Unfortunately the problem persists where it cannot connect to the wireless access point. There are rare instances where it will connect, only to have it disconnect a minute or so later. The signal strength reports 32/70, which isn’t very good but it should at least be capable of keeping a persistent connection. My laptop sees the same access point at near full strength. Could it be a firmware issue with the chip? Perhaps the ucode?
and I end up getting the same problem as derrick313. When I made the edits into /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf then doing iwconfig wlan0 power off and reboot, I can no longer see any wifi signals. I tried to go back to what Ramsey said in the other thread but when I tried to perform
sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlwifi
I get
ERROR …/libkmod/libkmod-config.c:686 kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf line 1:ignoring bad line starting with ‘VimCrypt-01!/…H’
modprobe: FATAL: Module iwlwifi is in use
“Do you have antennas connected to your card? I could not see any wifi APs before I connected the antennas.”
I do not have antennas attached to either the laptop or the Tegra. Also, I have a Atheros AR9287 and it works great. Would like to get the 7260 working though.
Can you tell me what kind of bit rates you are seeing with the Atheros? I purchased the Atheros AR5BHB92 and cannot get anything above 6 MB/s. I have tried all the tricks on the web (see here Speed Up Slow WiFi Connection in Ubuntu Linux) but I still can’t get a “good” connection. It is stable, compared to the Intel. I am wondering if I have to buy another wi-fi card? In the end, I will end up spending more on wireless cards than the actual dev board!
I tested the 7260 with the suggested external antennas and while I do see additional wireless networks, the problem persists with card dropping connection.
Also, my router is cheap, a wireless N router. Perhaps you have an AC router and 7260 AC isn’t as stable? Have you tried connecting to any of the other visible wifi APs to see if they drop too?
Got the Intel 7260AC running out of the box with a fresh grinch 19.3.3 flash. Listening to Pandora through wifi, with Bluetooth headphones paired with the Bluetooth on the same card. Nice and fast, and solid as a rock.
Hello,
I’m having an issue with WiFi adaptor (7260HMW, mini PCIe). I can list all the wifi signal, but it just don’t connect. I execute sudo nmcli dev wifi con “SSID” password “mypassword” and I always get Error: Connection activation failed: (7) Secrets were required, but not provided.
The kernel I’m using
Linux tegra-ubuntu 3.10.40-ga7da876 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 7 21:05:06 PDT 2016 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux