Installing firmware for intel 7260

[Geoffrey Leach]

Hmmm ... memo to self: always google first.

So, two things. The MAC address that I used was for the ethernet interface. ip does not show wifi, nor does lspci. The module is loaded.

On 08/20/2014 02:02:48 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> The kernel info at the link is helpful in that it confirms that the
> 7260 is supported. Your modprobe command is the key. With all of the
> permutations I tried, that particular one never occurred :-) Of
> course, modprobe installed the firmware with nary a complaint. With
> this, NetworkManager permitted me to create an entry for wifi,
> although this did not allow me to connect, even after a reboot
> (modprobe config file in place)
> 
> The only thing that I can think of is that I mis-copied the MAC
> address at install time. Any idea how to find it?
> 
> 
> On 08/20/2014 01:07:22 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> > On 08/20/2014 03:47 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> > > I'm setting up a laptop with Fedora 19 up-to-date. The wireless
> chip
> > is an Intel 7260.HMW, and I've confirmed that it works (under
> > windows). The chip was not recognized by the install, so I did a yum
> > install of iwl7260.firmware.noarch. That did not install the module,
> > and insmod refuses to install either of the two ucode files. So,
> > presumably they're not modules ("firmware" might be a clue?) So, how
> > should I proceed at this point?
> > 
> > Have you looked here?
> > 
> > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
> > 
> > What happens when you "modprobe iwlwifi" with the firmware
> installed?
> > 
> > > Thanks.
> > 
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