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Intel Wireless 7265 Issues

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Intel Wireless 7265 Issues

#1 Post by InfidelCastro »

Hello everyone,

This is my first post on the forums. I am experiencing problems with the Intel Wireless 7265 chip on a Thinkpad T450 laptop. I have the latest version of Debian installed and no updates seem to be available through APT. My WiFi keeps disconnecting and reconnecting (about 3 seconds interval) and it is driving me crazy.

The firmware in use is this: firmware=22.391740.0
The driver is this: driver=iwlwifi

Taking a look at dmesg output grepping for iwlwifi returns the following:

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[  941.465079] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.473086] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.481005] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.489086] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.497158] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.505196] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.513191] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.521220] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.529167] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.537110] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.545212] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.553169] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.561121] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.569177] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.577111] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.585079] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.593202] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.601084] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.609205] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.617084] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.625084] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.633172] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.641082] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.649184] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.657145] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.665091] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.673074] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.681003] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
[  941.689076] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to enable radio.
This dmesg output happens constantly and it seems to be the cause of the issue, but I cannot pinpoint exactly why this happens.

Do you have any idea what might be the culprit of this? Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,
Infidel

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Re: Intel Wireless 7265 Issues

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Disable power saving.

We have a thread specifically about iwlwifi, search for it.
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Re: Intel Wireless 7265 Issues

#3 Post by bw123 »

It can be really frustrating. I spent four or five days trying all the different combinations of parameters, rfkill/etc on an HP Elitebook using an older 5100 intel wireless device....

My solution was disable bluetooth in bios. Also, the router I have at home does not function correctly when wireless n is enabled on it. For some reason either the driver or systemd-rfkill.service blocks it every few minutes. Most other routers I connect to are okay.

here's some notes, if you want to try some tweaks, good luck:
http://paste.debian.net/1059836/
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