Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 2x2 AGN - no wlan-ap's found

regarding to the advise of @deano_ferrari](https://forums.opensuse.org/member.php/122-deano_ferrari), i’m starting a new thread

(old one: https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/476961-Problems-with-Intel-Advanced-N-6200-WiFi-Card )

does not find any wlan-ap’s

problem appears since last updates from repos (updated 15.12.2016)

also tried last kernel via grub selection → same problem…

zypper lr


#  | Alias                               | Name                                    | Aktiviert | GPG-Überprüfung | Aktualisierung
---+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------
 1 | download.nvidia.com-leap            | nVidia Graphics Drivers                 | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 2 | ftp.gwdg.de-suse                    | Packman Repository                      | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 3 | google-chrome                       | google-chrome                           | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 4 | google-earth                        | google-earth                            | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 5 | http-download.opensuse.org-10ec639a | KDE:Extra                               | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 6 | http-download.opensuse.org-353a5775 | devel:languages:pascal                  | No        | ----            | Yes           
 7 | http-download.opensuse.org-3b197d61 | devel:languages:ocaml                   | No        | ----            | Yes           
 8 | http-download.opensuse.org-491bc36a | Virtualization                          | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
 9 | http-download.opensuse.org-55540043 | Application:Geo                         | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
10 | http-download.opensuse.org-5a05694f | home:ecsos                              | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
11 | http-download.opensuse.org-5a769134 | devel:languages:perl                    | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
12 | http-download.opensuse.org-6ce74399 | games:tools                             | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
13 | http-download.opensuse.org-84f37203 | multimedia:libs                         | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
14 | http-download.opensuse.org-88a6c587 | X11:XOrg                                | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
15 | http-download.opensuse.org-95e9e2f1 | Documentation:Tools                     | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
16 | http-download.opensuse.org-970b186a | multimedia:apps                         | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
17 | http-download.opensuse.org-a1d0a3da | home:ecsos:pipelight                    | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
18 | http-download.opensuse.org-aa6b8d0b | games                                   | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
19 | http-download.opensuse.org-b2d3add2 | devel:languages:haskell                 | No        | ----            | Yes           
20 | http-download.opensuse.org-bed451e8 | home:illuusio                           | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
21 | http-download.opensuse.org-dd3dd915 | hardware                                | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
22 | linuxdownload.adobe.com-linux       | Adobe Flash Plugin                      | Yes       | ( p) Yes        | Yes           
23 | opensuse-guide.org-repo             | Libdvdcss Repository                    | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
24 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug                | No        | ----            | Yes           
25 | repo-debug-non-oss                  | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Debug-Non-Oss        | No        | ----            | Yes           
26 | repo-debug-update                   | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug         | No        | ----            | Yes           
27 | repo-debug-update-non-oss           | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No        | ----            | Yes           
28 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Non-Oss              | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
29 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Oss                  | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
30 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Source               | No        | ----            | Yes           
31 | repo-update                         | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update               | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes           
32 | repo-update-non-oss                 | openSUSE-Leap-42.1-Update-Non-Oss       | Yes       | (r ) Yes        | Yes

uname -a


4.1.36-41-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 9 08:26:33 UTC 2016 (29aafea) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

rfkill list


0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
2: hp-wwan: Wireless WAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
5: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no

nmcli general status


STATUS           KONNEKTIVITÄT  WLAN-HW    WLAN       WWAN-HW    WWAN      
nicht verbunden  kein           aktiviert  aktiviert  aktiviert  aktiviert

dmesg | grep iwlwifi


    6.061831] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
    6.077623] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-6000-6.ucode failed with error -2
    6.078547] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-6000-5.ucode failed with error -2
    6.083270] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532 op_mode iwldvm
    6.124635] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
    6.124641] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
    6.124642] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
    6.124645] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN, REV=0x74
    6.124774] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    6.244443] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0 wlan1: renamed from wlan0
    8.439397] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    8.439598] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x3-0x1

ll /lib/firmware/ | grep iwlwifi-6000


-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  454608 May  4  2016 iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  444128 May  4  2016 iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  677296 May  4  2016 iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  460236 May  4  2016 iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  679436 May  4  2016 iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode

Linked firmware to g2a


cd /lib/firmware/
ln -s iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode iwlwifi-6000-5.ucode
ln -s iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode iwlwifi-6000-6.ucode

dmesg | grep iwl


    5.938020] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
    5.963796] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm
    6.045360] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
    6.045368] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
    6.045370] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
    6.045373] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN, REV=0x74
    6.063624] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    6.148243] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
    6.154983] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0 wlan1: renamed from wlan0
    8.328154] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    8.336741] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x3-0x1
    9.346020] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
    9.346281] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Unable to initialize device.

link to g2b


cd /lib/firmware/
rm -r iwlwifi-6000-5.ucode
rm -r iwlwifi-6000-6.ucode
ln -s iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode iwlwifi-6000-5.ucode
ln -s iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode iwlwifi-6000-6.ucode


dmesg | grep iwl


    5.961049] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
    5.972012] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm
    6.039878] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
    6.039883] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
    6.039884] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
    6.039887] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN, REV=0x74
    6.041027] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    6.134050] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
    6.141728] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0 wlan1: renamed from wlan0
    8.155142] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
    8.161854] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x3-0x1
    9.167078] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
    9.167386] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Unable to initialize device.
   11.175547] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to disable radio.
   98.861048] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
   98.863598] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
   98.872591] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x3-0x1
   99.879545] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
   99.879690] iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: Unable to initialize device.

according to these threads:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=207363
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2292752

the firmeware wlwifi-6000-4.ucode is used for the wlan-card… (dmesg: iwlwifi 0000:44:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532 op_mode iwldvm)

but don’t even know, why no AP is found.

tried advice from this thread

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/521160-Network-Manager-doesn-t-list-wifi-connections

now i know i have the same problem, card works, NetworkManager does not list any entries…

for further information please read this thread

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/521160-Network-Manager-doesn-t-list-wifi-connections