[plug] Ubuntu 11.10 and wireless

[Adrian Chadd]

On 21 February 2012 03:49, Shanon Loughton <autobot at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Thanks all
>
> sudo apt-get install linux-firmware
>
> worked once for me. I did it, it downloaded a 20MB package and installed,
> then I restarted and the wifi came up the that time.  However after shutting
> down then powering on again Im back to old issue.  I repeated the above
> without internet and it appeared to reinstall linux-firmware but this time
> it does nothing on a restart.
>
> /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode  exists ok.
>
> Anything else I can try?

Check the linux-wireless mailing list archives for some hints.
There've been some instabilties in the legacy intel wifi support.


Adrian