Glad to see it! And thanks for testing.However, I don't have much of a status update on a functional driver. Loading for device Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260LOADED firmware file iwlwifi-8000C-16.ucodeParsed TLV firmware Release: 16.242414.0That's all the right output in both cases. I have a kext that identifies compatible hardware and loads and digests the matching firmware, but it doesn't yet do important things like, say, connect to a network.Still, it's a start, and if anybody has a recent Intel WiFi card and wants to give it a spin and confirm whether it recognized the card successfully, there's a build with instructions here:The list of compatible hardware is here (it includes the Broadwell and Skylake NUC WiFi cards).

Right now it's very, very early in a process that looks to be a very, very long one. The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo iwlwifi in Debian 3.16 (3.16.7-ckt9-2) kernel images.All,I've started work on a project to port the current-generation Intel WiFi drivers from Linux to OS X. The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=0 swcrypto=1 11n_disable=8.

If your WiFi is slow when using Bluetooth, try adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/nf and reboot: Newer devices (7200 and up) try to solve them intelligently, but it is not the case of older ones.

Some devices like the 6235 do include a Bluetooth device in the same card, which may lead into radio conflict. Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-iwlwifi package: # apt update & apt install firmware-iwlwifiĪs the iwlwifi module is automatically loaded for supported devices, reinsert this module to access installed firmware: # modprobe -r iwlwifi modprobe iwlwifiĬonfigure your wireless interface as appropriate. Non-free firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the firmware-iwlwifi package.įor support of Intel 3945ABG/BG and 4965AGN devices, see iwlegacy.Īdd a 'non-free' component to the apt sources. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page. Intel 100 Series WiFi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN) Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter Intel 6000 Series WiFi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN) Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN The iwlwifi Linux kernel driver supports several Intel wireless LAN adapters: Intel Wireless WiFi Link, Wireless-N, Advanced-N, Ultimate-N devices.

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