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Intel Wireless WiFi Link, Wireless-N, Advanced-N, Ultimate-N devices
This page describes how to enable support for Intel 802.11n devices on Debian systems.
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The iwlwifi Linux kernel driver supports several Intel wireless LAN adapters:
Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN
Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN
Intel WiFi Link 1000BGN
Intel 6000 Series WiFi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN)
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6250AGN Adapter
Intel 6005 Series WiFi Adapters
Intel 6030 Series WiFi Adapters
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter
Intel 100 Series WiFi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN)
Intel 2000 Series WiFi Adapters
Intel 7260 WiFi Adapter
Intel 7265 WiFi Adapter
Intel 3160 WiFi Adapter
Intel 3165 WiFi Adapter
Supported devices are listed at the end of this page. Non-free firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the firmware-iwlwifi package.
For support of Intel 3945ABG/BG and 4965AGN devices, see iwlegacy.
Installation
Add a "non-free" component to the apt sources.
Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-iwlwifi package:
# apt update && apt install firmware-iwlwifi
As the iwlwifi module is automatically loaded for supported devices, reinsert this module to access installed firmware:
# modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Troubleshooting
Slow WiFi problems when using Bluetooth
Some devices like the 6235 do include a Bluetooth device in the same card, which may lead into radio conflict. Newer devices (7200 and up) try to solve them intelligently, but it is not the case of older ones.
If your WiFi is slow when using Bluetooth, try adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf and reboot:
options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=0 swcrypto=1 11n_disable=8
WiFi interruptions on Intel AX
Some devices like Intel AX210 with Bluetooth module included may lead to wireless connection instability, it works, but after few minutes it drops due to firmware crash. If you occur this problem, you may try to switch power management scheme from balanced (default) into active by adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/iwlmvm.conf and reboot:
options iwlmvm power_scheme=1
Supported Devices
The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.
The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo iwlwifi in Debian 3.16 (3.16.7-ckt9-2) kernel images.
PCI: 8086:0082 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] PCI: 8086:0083 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak] PCI: 8086:0084 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak] PCI: 8086:0085 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] PCI: 8086:0087 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] PCI: 8086:0089 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] PCI: 8086:008A Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] PCI: 8086:008B Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] PCI: 8086:0090 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] PCI: 8086:0091 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak] PCI: 8086:0885 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 PCI: 8086:0886 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 PCI: 8086:0887 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 PCI: 8086:0888 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 PCI: 8086:088E Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 PCI: 8086:088F Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 PCI: 8086:0890 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200 PCI: 8086:0891 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200 PCI: 8086:0892 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 PCI: 8086:0893 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135 PCI: 8086:0894 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 105 PCI: 8086:0895 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 105 PCI: 8086:0896 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130 PCI: 8086:0897 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130 PCI: 8086:08AE Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100 PCI: 8086:08AF Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100 PCI: 8086:08B1 Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 PCI: 8086:08B2 Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 PCI: 8086:08B3 Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 PCI: 8086:08B4 Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 PCI: 8086:095A Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 PCI: 8086:095B Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 PCI: 8086:24F3 Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 PCI: 8086:24F4 Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 PCI: 8086:422B Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 PCI: 8086:422C Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 PCI: 8086:4232 Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 PCI: 8086:4235 Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 PCI: 8086:4236 Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 PCI: 8086:4237 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection PCI: 8086:4238 Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 PCI: 8086:4239 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 PCI: 8086:423A Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection PCI: 8086:423B Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection PCI: 8086:423C Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 PCI: 8086:423D Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
See Also
iwlegacy - Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices
ipw2200 - Intel PRO/Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915 devices
About platform noise in iwlwifi, Linux Wireless Wiki