Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-06 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I did some more trouble-shooting and found a better solution: * Dell Latitude E6520 used as desktop/admin on SOHO network: 2023-05-06 13:51:42 root@laalaa ~ # cat /etc/debian_version;uname -a;dpkg-query -W xfce4;lspci|grep Centrino 11.7 Linux laalaa 5.10.0-22-amd64 #1 SMP Debian

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 15:46, Charles Curley wrote: On Fri, 5 May 2023 12:29:53 +0200 zithro wrote: That would be nice for them to tell you what THEY consider a valid MAC addr, as I don't think Debian produces MACs with z or x in it ... Maybe they check against a valid manufacturer (which is the 1st

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 5 May 2023 12:29:53 +0200 zithro wrote: > That would be nice for them to tell you what THEY consider a valid > MAC addr, as I don't think Debian produces MACs with z or x in it ... > Maybe they check against a valid manufacturer (which is the 1st half > of the MAC addr, iirc called OUI)

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 4 May 2023 21:08:07 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > A further problem -- Debian Well, it isn't really Debian, it's Network Manager. > is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi > adapter ("MAC address spoofing", a security "feature") to MAC > addresses This is a security feature for

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread David Christensen
On 5/5/23 03:25, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 04:52, David Christensen wrote: I was going to surf eBay and find another Wi-Fi card, but then I had one last idea -- double-checking the the CMOS/NVRAM settings via Setup.  I cut the settings down to the bare minimum for Wi-Fi:    Settings    +

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 06:08, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 19:52, David Christensen wrote: That said, Wi-Fi does not work with my Ubuiquitti Networks UniFi setup -- it doesn't like the MAC address. A further problem -- Debian is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi adapter ("MAC address

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-05 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 04:52, David Christensen wrote: I was going to surf eBay and find another Wi-Fi card, but then I had one last idea -- double-checking the the CMOS/NVRAM settings via Setup.  I cut the settings down to the bare minimum for Wi-Fi:   Settings   + Wireless     + Wireless Switch

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 19:52, David Christensen wrote: That said, Wi-Fi does not work with my Ubuiquitti Networks UniFi setup -- it doesn't like the MAC address. A further problem -- Debian is changing the MAC address of the Wi-Fi adapter ("MAC address spoofing", a security "feature") to MAC addresses

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 18:12, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 01:55, David Christensen wrote: Try Enable Wi-Fi a couple three more  times -- nope Try Debian 9 -- nope. Try Windows 7 Pro -- nope. It looks like I have a dead Wi-Fi adapter. Or a dead Wifi killswitch (the physical radio button) ? I tested

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 01:55, David Christensen wrote: Try Enable Wi-Fi a couple three more times -- nope Try Debian 9 -- nope. Try Windows 7 Pro -- nope. It looks like I have a dead Wi-Fi adapter. Or a dead Wifi killswitch (the physical radio button) ? Last thought, don't you have : - a

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 16:12, zithro wrote: On 05 May 2023 00:24, David Christensen wrote: # ls -l /var/lib/systemd/rfkill total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 12:15 pci-:03:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May 24  2022 pci-:0b:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 13:04

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 05 May 2023 00:24, David Christensen wrote: # ls -l /var/lib/systemd/rfkill total 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 12:15 pci-:03:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May 24  2022 pci-:0b:00.0:wlan -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 May  4 13:04 platform-dell-laptop:wlan Strange, looks like

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 14:59, zithro wrote: On 04 May 2023 23:26, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: [   80.070510] iwlwifi :03:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled) [   80.070571] iwlwifi

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread zithro
On 04 May 2023 23:26, David Christensen wrote: On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: [   80.070510] iwlwifi :03:00.0: reporting RF_KILL (radio disabled) [   80.070571] iwlwifi :03:00.0: RF_KILL bit toggled to

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
On 5/4/23 13:36, Christoph Brinkhaus wrote: Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: After failing to start Wi-Fi three times, I see: 2023-05-04 12:37:39 root@laalaa ~ # dmesg | grep -i wifi [ 79.953085] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [ 79.953314]

Re: Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread Christoph Brinkhaus
Am Thu, May 04, 2023 at 01:14:12PM -0700 schrieb David Christensen: Hello David, [...] > Ethernet and Wi-Fi have both worked in the past; both separately and > simultaneously. > > > After failing to start Wi-Fi three times, I see: > > 2023-05-04 12:37:39 root@laalaa ~ > # dmesg | grep -i

Wi-Fi broken on Dell E6520, Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN, Debian 11.7 Xfce

2023-05-04 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I have a Dell Latituide E6520 laptop computer with Debian/ Xfce that is used as for GUI desktop/ portable admin for my SOHO LAN: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/latitude-e6520/docs 2023-05-04 12:30:18 root@laalaa ~ # cat /etc/debian_version ;