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On version 11.04 Ubuntu I have access to my Wifi, but after I upgrade to 11.10, I can never get wifi at all. If I'm wired then it works, but if I'm not then it doesnt work.

Jorge Castro
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Mr_Yengkoua
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  • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! This is a known bug, please see:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/907657. There is a solution listed there. – William Feb 16 '12 at 06:22

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For 12.04 and 11.10

I had the same problem with the same computer enter these commands and it will be solved.

sudo modprobe -r iwlagn
sudo modprobe iwlagn bt_coex_active=0

If it worked you need to make it permanent.

To make the change permanent:

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iwl.conf

Copy/paste this line into the new file:

options iwlagn bt_coex_active=0

Save and quit.

After you do this you will experience very slow internet connection but it can be solved by making iwlag not use n and it can be done with these commands.

sudo rmmod -f iwlagn
sudo modprobe iwlagn 11n_disable=1

if you see it made a difference once again you must make it perminent..

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iwlagn-disable11n.conf
options iwlagn 11n_disable=1

Save and quit. And thats all

Thank you WBMachinery for this.

Bug report:

Community
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Dave
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I arrived here trying to find out why the broadcom wireless in my acer aspire laptop was performing slowly. The originally proposed fix on the fedora bug worked for me:

Please create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf with a single line like this:

options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1

Then reboot (or "modprobe -r iwlwifi ; modprobe iwlwifi" as root).

I also had to rmmod brcmsmac, which is the broadcom specific bit, so pay attention to your module dependencies.

Andrew Kesterson
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found this buried deep in bug report:

create /etc/modprobe.d/iwl.conf with the following:

#!/bin/sh
options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=0

or 

#!/bin/sh
options iwlagn bt_coex_active=0

the second one worked for me

Javier Rivera
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joel
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