[Bug 1405298] Re: [Dell M4800]: iwlwifi regularly loses connection on Intel 7260

2014-12-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
arty, happy holidays, and I'm glad a BIOS update worked out for you. It's a common phenomenon here on Launchpad that many folks have all sorts of wonky hardware problems (myself included), and could have saved themselves going through the hassle of filing a bug report, or time consuming testing, be

[Bug 1405298] Re: [Dell M4800]: iwlwifi regularly loses connection on Intel 7260

2014-12-24 Thread arty
After the BIOS upgrade the connection seems stable and it's speed doesn't change all the time. Thank you for the idea, Christopher! You've saved my Christmas :) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1405298] Re: [Dell M4800]: iwlwifi regularly loses connection on Intel 7260

2014-12-23 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
arty, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/precision-m4800-workstation/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A11). If you update to this following https://help.ub

[Bug 1405298] Re: [Dell M4800]: iwlwifi regularly loses connection on Intel 7260

2014-12-23 Thread arty
I can also add that in the Connection Information dialog I see the speed frequently dropping to 1 or 5 Mb/s from 48 or 54 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405298 Title: [Dell M4800]: i