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[Bug 1315221] Re: iwlwifi regularly loses connection/becomes unusable on Intel 7260

 

Ethan Blanton, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/xps-13-9333/drivers an update to your BIOS is available (A04). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything?  If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a04 regression-release

** Summary changed:

- iwlwifi regularly loses connection/becomes unusable on Intel 7260
+ 8086:08b1 [Dell XPS 13 9333] iwlwifi regularly loses connection/becomes unusable on Intel 7260

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  8086:08b1 [Dell XPS 13 9333] iwlwifi regularly loses
  connection/becomes unusable on Intel 7260

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  My Intel 7260 network card regularly shows very poor performance
  and/or loses its connection entirely.  On several occasions I have
  been unable to reestablish an association with the AP without
  rebooting.  This occurs even if the laptop is within a few feet of the
  AP.

  I did not have this problem on 12.04 with a quantal backport kernel.

  I was asked to report this after commenting on #1305305.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.46
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May  1 22:59:32 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=/dev/mapper/cswap0
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-25 (6 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS13 9333
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/11/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A02
  dmi.board.name: 0GFTRT
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd12/11/2013:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139333:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0GFTRT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
  dmi.product.name: XPS13 9333
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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