Personal computing discussed
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just brew it! wrote:I assume none of your other devices are having trouble on the WiFi?
It may be an issue specific to the WiFi chip in your laptop. Not all WiFi chips have good Linux driver support. Googling the specific model of WiFi chip may yield useful info.
If the problem is your WiFi chip, you can try the chip vendor's web site to see if there is an updated driver. If there is, you may need to build it from source code (this isn't as scary as it sounds, someone here can walk you through it).
Another possible workaround for dodgy Linux drivers is to use an external USB WiFi adapter that has better driver support. I've found that devices based on Ralink/MediaTek chipsets seem to work well.
bthylafh wrote:If you need to replace your wireless and aren't afraid to open up your laptop, Intel wireless is the gold standard.
GeForce6200 wrote:Correct no other devices have any issues on the same network. I am using the driver that was automatically detected and downloaded by Ubuntu. Adapter is Intel I believe on the Intel HM55 chipset. I may pick up a slim usb adapter to fix the issue. I think I have a Netgear stick lying around to test. I will look for the exact hardware as included "device manager" is not helping list full hardware details.
just brew it! wrote:GeForce6200 wrote:Correct no other devices have any issues on the same network. I am using the driver that was automatically detected and downloaded by Ubuntu. Adapter is Intel I believe on the Intel HM55 chipset. I may pick up a slim usb adapter to fix the issue. I think I have a Netgear stick lying around to test. I will look for the exact hardware as included "device manager" is not helping list full hardware details.
FWIW the "lspci" and "lsusb" CLI commands will often yield useful info that can help you identify devices in the system if the GUI is being unhelpful.