![\"Dell](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Dell_XPS_L702x.jpg?resize=284%2C280&ssl=1\" "\\"Dell")
I have a Dell XPS L702x Laptop and the wireless is dodgy in Ubuntu 11.04. By Dodgy I mean it drops out and doesn’t automatically connect very often especially when a Ethernet cable is unplugged. It seems the problem is that Ubuntu doesn’t get on well with wireless-N (perhaps the driver is buggy?). I fixed it by disabling wireless N (but leaving G working):<\/p>\n
First check to see that b, g and n<\/strong> is enabled:<\/p>\n To disable Wireless N, create a file called Restart the computer to finish.<\/p>\n I agree this isn’t a ideal solution (to say the least!<\/strong>), but it’ll do for now.<\/p>\n Update after 2 months:<\/em> Wireless has been reliable and steady since making the above change.<\/p>\n Update (15\/Oct\/11):<\/em> This “hack” is a disaster for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, it causes Wireless to fail to load. Be sure to remove the I have a Dell XPS L702x Laptop and the wireless is dodgy in Ubuntu 11.04. By Dodgy I mean it drops out and doesn’t automatically connect very often especially when a Ethernet cable is unplugged. It seems the problem is that Ubuntu doesn’t get on well with wireless-N (perhaps the driver is buggy?). I fixed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[102,26],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical","tag-commandline","tag-ubuntu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomfotherby.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}> iwconfig
\nwlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:\"WKIXNTOM\"
\nwe need:
\nwlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:\"WKIXNTOM\"
\n<\/code><\/p>\n\/etc\/modprobe.d\/iwlagn.conf<\/code> and put the disable incarnation in it:
\n> sudo vi \/etc\/modprobe.d\/iwlagn.conf
\nadd:
\noptions iwlagn 11n_disable50=1 11n_disable=1
\n<\/code><\/p>\n\/etc\/modprobe.d\/iwlagn.conf<\/code> file when upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10. I found this issue the hard way: askubuntu question<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"