Installing firmware for intel 7260

[Rick Stevens]

On 08/20/2014 04:04 PM, Geoffrey Leach issued this missive:
> Here's how to get a MAC address. Assuming (as I do) you have Windows on the same box, go there and start Windows. Then start wireless. Now go to the router admin page on Fedora, asn look to see what's attached. Voila!
>
> The bad news: upgraded the definition for the connection. Still no luck.
>
> How can I tell if the kernel sees the driver?

To get the MAC address, as root, "ifconfig -a", look for the wifi device
and look for the "ether" bit...just like any NIC:

[root at golem4 local]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         inet 192.168.2.157  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.2.255
         inet6 fe80::be77:37ff:fe51:115c  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
  --->>> ether bc:77:37:51:11:5c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet) <<<----
         RX packets 165126  bytes 31581078 (30.1 MiB)
         RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
         TX packets 17241  bytes 1449351 (1.3 MiB)
         TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Alternately, use "lspci -v" and look for its entry. The MAC will be
listed as "Device Serial Number":

01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 
[Rainbow Peak] (rev 34)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 BGN
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
	Memory at d1600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
  ---->>	Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number bc-77-37-ff-ff-51-11-5c
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi

At least it does for me. Your mileage may differ.

> On 08/20/2014 02:11:13 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>> 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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