Does anyone konw if the Intel Centrino Advanced series works with linux? I was looking at Dell’s latest Studio 15 (with Core i3 cpu, 4GB DDR3 and a 1080p HD screen - US$649!), but the only wireless N option is thew Centrino Advanced - I can’t seem to find any iformation on it’s Linux status. Any ideas?
do you know the exact model numer and specs?
You could call Dell on their marketing or help line and see what they say ? 
They also have an online chat line one can contact.
… I did that for my Dell Studio 1537 prior to purchase (more out of curiousity on my part, as since the Dell Studio 1537 could also be purchased with Ubuntu, I was pretty certain it would work with openSUSE). :\
I did find this ubuntu thread where a Ubuntu user reported it working … [ubuntu] Intel wireless card not detected - Ubuntu Forums]([ubuntu] Intel wireless card not detected) of course as can be typical in Ubuntu threads, they provided minimal technical information >:(
I just purchased a Dell 1535 with the Intel Centrino Advanced N 6200 Wireless card. I installed 11.2, applied all updates and wireless card is not working.
Reading this link, appears that support was just added to the kernel. I will test this tonight.
[ubuntu] Driver for Intel Wireless 6200 LAN card - Ubuntu Forums](http://www.backports.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1405820)
A quick way to test may be by trying out an openSUSE-11.3 milestone3 liveCD. And if it fails, then write a bug report on openSUSE-11.3 milestone3 and start “the ball rolling” to ensure the fix is applied to the 2.6.33 kernel in openSUSE-11.3.
Edit - I am a big KDE fan but I have found the wireless in Gnome appears to work better than that in KDE4. If you use the KDE4 liveCD you may have to go to YaST > Network > Network devices and select the “traditional” method and configure your liveCD wireless software thru YaST.
I tested with the openSUSE-11.3 MS3 liveCD (Gnome). The WLAN card still does not work. Here is part of dmesg output:
linux:/home/linux/Desktop # dmesg | grep iwlagn
56.947843] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 2.6.33-5-desktop-kds
56.985085] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
57.022570] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
57.160282] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
57.302623] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6000 Series 2x2 AGN REV=0x74
57.435252] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
57.474124] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
75.264953] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
75.764569] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode firmware file req failed: -2
75.764587] iwlagn 0000:04:00.0: Could not read microcode: -2
Thank you for testing this. Please note we are a support forum, not a development forum. I recommend you write a bug report.
I got the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 to work by installing the latest compat-wireless iwlwifi module.
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 11:56 +0000, joachim jacob wrote:
> I got the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 to work by installing the
> latest compat-wireless iwlwifi module.
>
>
Very true (I have the A-N 6300). However, I did some installs and
updates and found I had to REINSTALL the compat-wireless and scripts
(I’m using ifup/down). Just an fyi…
On 05/26/2010 09:48 AM, cjcox wrote:
>
> Very true (I have the A-N 6300). However, I did some installs and
> updates and found I had to REINSTALL the compat-wireless and scripts
> (I’m using ifup/down). Just an fyi…
As compat-wireless counts as an “out-of-kernel” driver set, it will need
to be reinstalled for every kernel change.
A walk-through on how you got it to work is highly appreciated. I have been trying for a week now and I still didn’t manage to get it running.
Never mind, got it to work by following:
Download - Linux Wireless
Hope this helps
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 18:26 +0000, nomad m23 wrote:
> Never mind, got it to work by following:
> ‘Download - Linux Wireless’ (http://tinyurl.com/5xkqkt)
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
Certainly one way I suppose but you can also just add
the openSUSE repo for the wireless 11.2 Updates (doing things the
openSUSE way).
How did I do this? Do a search at:
http://software.opensuse.org/search
using 11.2 as the realm to search and enter
iwl6000-ucode
That led me to the whole directory (that’s the link in the upper right
of return results)… I added it and that’s how I discovered that what I
really needed was:
compat-wirelesss-kmp-desktop
If that’s too hard… the repo to add is:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/11.2-update/
Then install the compat-wireless package appropriate for your kernel.
Guys
I got a Dell Studio XPS 16 1647 few months a go with and I have the Intel Centrino Advance N 6200. I had no problems intalling Ubuntu 10, Linux Mint 9, Fedora 13… and now openSUSE 11.3 which offered me more stability at the end… wireless communication was always detected
I think the laptop was built in jan 2010…