Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Not Recognized

**CypherX** · 2013-10-10

First thank you in advance to anyone that is able to assist.

I'm running the latest Kali v1.0.5 AMD64, GNOME, on a HDD install. I've recently installed an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 w/Bluetooth wireless card into my machine and performed a clean install. Unfortunately I am not able to get Kali to recognize the NIC. It appears that the Bluetooth portion is recognized and the chip has been tested in another OS so it's confirmed working. I've downloaded iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode and placed it into the /lib/firmware folder, rebooted with no luck. "Modinfo firmware-iwlwifi" has no reference to the 7260 so I'm assuming this is my issue. The hardware switch is confirmed to be on as well Here is output from several commands:

iwconfig

Code:

root@Spider:/boot# iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.
lo        no wireless extensions.

dmesg | grep intel

Code:

root@Spider:/boot# dmesg | grep intel
[    0.211453] perf_event_intel: CPUID marked event: 'bus cycles' unavailable
[    1.112169] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x1120
[    1.112173] intel_idle: v0.4 model 0x25
[    1.112176] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0xffffffff
[    1.133860] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel HD Graphics Chipset
[    1.134022] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 2097152K total, 262144K mappable
[    1.135096] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 32768K stolen memory
[    1.135340] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[    1.449384] platform microcode: firmware: agent loaded intel-ucode/06-25-05 into memory
[    1.449839] platform microcode: firmware: agent loaded intel-ucode/06-25-05 into memory
[    1.450263] platform microcode: firmware: agent loaded intel-ucode/06-25-05 into memory
[    1.450674] platform microcode: firmware: agent loaded intel-ucode/06-25-05 into memory
[    6.330660] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: CPU TDP doesn't match expected value (found 25, expected 29)
[    6.330732] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: failed to get i915 symbols, graphics turbo disabled until i915 loads
[    6.330879] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: IPS driver initialized, MCP temp limit 90
[    6.654478] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    7.122993] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[    7.728700] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[   11.524460] intel ips 0000:00:1f.6: i915 driver attached, reenabling gpu turbo

lspci

Code:

root@Spider:/boot# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset KT Controller (rev 06)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 08b1 (rev 73)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)

Any help would be greatly appreaciated!

Thanks

**maverik35** · 2013-10-12

You just had to install firmware-iwlwifi:

aptitude install firmware-iwlwifi

Undo what you did and just run the command I posted.

And I quote:
" I've downloaded iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode and placed it into the /lib/firmware".
That folder contains the firmwares with the .fw or .bin

I quote:
"Modinfo firmware-iwlwifi" has no reference to the 7260
Well, you have not installed it yet...

Try that...By the way, before you install the firmware, type this: aptitude show firmware-iwlwifi
and read the output, please, you will see all info you need. Then install it as I posted before.

Luck.

**ryanvade** · 2013-10-14

What kernel are you using? The Intel 7260 requires kernel 3.11 + . The older kernels are not able to use API lvl 7 which is required by the driver.

**CypherX** · 2013-10-15

Maverik35 - I've run aptitude install firmware-iwlwifi but it already apprears to be installed. Aptitude tells me no new packages are available.

aptitude show firmware-iwlwifi shows the following:

Code:

Package: firmware-iwlwifi                
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 0.37
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/kernel
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 8,077 k
Suggests: initramfs-tools, linux-image
Description: Binary firmware for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 and 802.11n cards
 
Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

Tags: admin::hardware, implemented-in::c, role::app-data, role::data, role::program, use::driver

Modinfo iwlwifi shows the following:

Code:

filename:       /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
version:        in-tree:
description:    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware:       iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
srcversion:     44697B4DDE40F08FDBF977D
alias:          pci:v00008086d00000892sv*sd00000462bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00000893sv*sd00000262bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00000892sv*sd00000062bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00000894sv*sd00000822bc*sc*i*
**ADDITIONAL ALIAS REMOVED TO SAVE SPACE**
depends:        cfg80211
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.7-trunk-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
parm:           11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: agg TX, 4: agg RX (uint)
parm:           amsdu_size_8K:enable 8K amsdu size (int)
parm:           fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (int)
parm:           antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (defualt: 0 dB) (int)
parm:           bt_ch_inhibition:Enable BT channel inhibition (default: enable) (bool)
parm:           plcp_check:Check plcp health (default: 1 [enabled]) (bool)
parm:           wd_disable:Disable stuck queue watchdog timer 0=system default, 1=disable, 2=enable (default: 0) (int)
parm:           bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
parm:           led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
parm:           power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
parm:           power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)
parm:           auto_agg:enable agg w/o check traffic load (default: enable) (bool)
parm:           5ghz_disable:disable 5GHz band (default: 0 [enabled]) (bool)

The list of firmware from this output seems to be missing the 7260 card.

**CypherX** · 2013-10-15

Ryanvade:

Code:

root@Spider:~# uname -a
Linux Spider 3.7-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.7.2-0+kali8 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Originally Posted by ryanvade

What kernel are you using? The Intel 7260 requires kernel 3.11 + . The older kernels are not able to use API lvl 7 which is required by the driver.

**maverik35** · 2013-10-16

Yes indeed, it is missing...That is because you need version 0.40 and you installed version 0.37.

Here is my aptitude show firmware-iwlwifi:
Package: firmware-iwlwifi
New: yes
State: without install
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 0.40
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/kernel
Developer: Debian Kernel Team <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed size: 9 448 k
Suggest: initramfs-tools, linux-image
Description: Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
This package contains the binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards supported by the iwlegacy/iwl3945 and iwlwifi/iwlagn drivers.

Contents:
* Intel Wireless 7260 rev 10 Bluetooth firmware 1.80.2.3.d patch (intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq)
* Intel Wireless 7260 Bluetooth firmware generic patch (intel/ibt-hw-37.7.bseq)
* Intel Wireless 100 firmware, version 39.31.5.1 (iwlwifi-100-5.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 105 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-105-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 135 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-135-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 1000 firmware, version 39.31.5.1 (iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 2200 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 2230 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 3160 firmware, version 22.0.7.0 (iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 3945 firmware, version 15.32.2.9 (iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 4965 firmware, version 228.61.2.24 (iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 5100, 5300 and 5350 firmware, version 8.24.2.12 (iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 5100, 5300 and 5350 firmware, version 8.83.5.1 (iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 5150 firmware, version 8.24.2.2 (iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6000 firmware, version 9.221.4.1 (iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6005/6205 firmware, version 17.168.5.3 (iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6005/6205 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6030 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6250 firmware, version 9.201.4.1 (iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 6250 firmware, version 41.28.5.1 (iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode)
* Intel Wireless 7260 firmware, version 22.0.7.0 (iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode)
Webpage: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kerne...x-firmware.git

Download the version 0.4 from here: http://packages.debian.org/jessie/firmware-iwlwifi

Then uninstall the version 0.37 you have installed: aptitude purge firmware-iwlwifi

Now install the package downloaded: dpkg -i "name of package".

Now load up the module : modprobe iwlwifi
or
Reboot.

Luck.

**CypherX** · 2013-10-16

I've gotten to this point before and seem to be running into simlar issues following your steps.

I've manually downloaded v.4
Pruged v.37

Code:

root@Spider:~/Desktop# aptitude purge firmware-iwlwifi
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  firmware-iwlwifi{p} 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 74 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 9,448 kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
(Reading database ... 288862 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firmware-iwlwifi ...

Installed v.4

Code:

root@Spider:~/Desktop# aptitude purge firmware-iwlwifi
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  firmware-iwlwifi{p} 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 74 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 9,448 kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
(Reading database ... 288862 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firmware-iwlwifi ...

Rebooted the PC and still no wifi adapter present. When I run aptitude show firmware-iwlwifi I see the newly installed package

Code:

Package: firmware-iwlwifi                
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 0.40
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/kernel
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 9,448 k
Suggests: initramfs-tools, linux-image
Description: Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
 This package contains the binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards supported by the iwlegacy/iwl3945 and iwlwifi/iwlagn drivers. 
 
 Contents: 
 * Intel Wireless 7260 rev 10 Bluetooth firmware 1.80.2.3.d patch (intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.2.3.d.bseq) 
 * Intel Wireless 7260 Bluetooth firmware generic patch (intel/ibt-hw-37.7.bseq) 
 * Intel Wireless 100 firmware, version 39.31.5.1 (iwlwifi-100-5.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 105 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-105-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 135 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-135-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 1000 firmware, version 39.31.5.1 (iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 2200 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 2230 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 3160 firmware, version 22.0.7.0 (iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 3945 firmware, version 15.32.2.9 (iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 4965 firmware, version 228.61.2.24 (iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 5100, 5300 and 5350 firmware, version 8.24.2.12 (iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 5100, 5300 and 5350 firmware, version 8.83.5.1 (iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 5150 firmware, version 8.24.2.2 (iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6000 firmware, version 9.221.4.1 (iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6005/6205 firmware, version 17.168.5.3 (iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6005/6205 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6030 firmware, version 18.168.6.1 (iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6250 firmware, version 9.201.4.1 (iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 6250 firmware, version 41.28.5.1 (iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode) 
 * Intel Wireless 7260 firmware, version 22.0.7.0 (iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode)

but if I run modinfo iwlwifi it still appears that v.37 is the module loading

Code:

odinfo iwlwifi
filename:       /lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Copyright(c) 2003-2012 Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
version:        in-tree:
description:    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
firmware:       iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
srcversion:     44697B4DDE40F08FDBF977D

Am i missing a step to force the v.4 module to take precedence? It would appear that the both module remain on the system even after to aptitude purge command.

Thanks again for you help, I know I'm close

**maverik35** · 2013-10-17

It seems that kernel does not support such device.

Please read this: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi

In section: Supported devices, and I quote:

Supported Devices

The following devices are supported (since kernel version):

Wireless 7260 (3.10)
Wireless 3160 (3.10)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235 (3.2)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 (3.2)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2200 (3.2)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 105 (3.2)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 135 (3.2)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 100 (2.6.37)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 130 (2.6.37)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 (2.6.36)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1030 (2.6.36)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 (2.6.35)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150 (2.6.30)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (2.6.30)
Intel® Centrino® Ultimate-N 6300 (2.6.30)
Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6200 (2.6.30)
Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (2.6.30)

Intel® Wireless WiFi 5150AGN (2.6.29)

Intel® Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN (2.6.27)

That is why the version 0.4 is installed, but the driver to 7260 does not show up due to kernel version.

Anyway, please check this paths and post if you find the .ko, .h, and .ucode:
/lib/modules/3.10-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/ see if there is any iwlxxxx.ko (xxx means 3945, 5100, 6030, etc) with 7260
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-amd64/include/config/iwlxxxx.h xxx stand for the same as posted above.
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode

Please post info.

**CypherX** · 2013-10-18

My apologies it seems that my second cut-and-paste was a duplicate of the purge command. I did in fact run the dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.40_all.deb

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop# dpkg -i firmware-iwlwifi_0.40_all.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-iwlwifi.
(Reading database ... 273663 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firmware-iwlwifi (from firmware-iwlwifi_0.40_all.deb) ...
Setting up firmware-iwlwifi (0.40) ...

When I run the aptitude versions firmware-iwlwifi it appears that both versions are installed.

Code:

root@kali:~/Desktop# aptitude versions firmware-iwlwifi
Package firmware-iwlwifi:                        
p   0.37                                          stable                    500 
i   0.40                                                                       100

It doesn't appear that v.37 every actually gets uninstalled. I just tried running aptitude purge firmware-iwlwifi again which removed v.4. Running aptitude versions firmware-iwlwifi now shows v.37 still installed.

Code:

 
root@kali:~/Desktop# aptitude versions firmware-iwlwifi
Package firmware-iwlwifi:                        
p   0.37                                          stable                    500

If i try to run aptitude purge firmware-iwlwifi or dpgk --remove firmware-iwlwifi at this point it tells me the package is not installed. It doesn't seem like I can remove v.37 for some reason.

Any thoughts?

**CypherX** · 2013-10-24

Sorry for the delayed reply just getting a chance to look at this again. Here is what i'm seeing in these folder paths:

/lib/modules/3.10-3-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/ (Does not exist but a 3.7 folder does)

/lib/modules/3.7-trunk-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/
iwl3945.ko
iwl4965.ko
iwllegacy.ko

/usr/src/linux-headers-3.7-trunk-amd64/include/config (Does not exist, only /usr/src which is empty)

/lib/firmware/
iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode

**CypherX** · 2013-10-24

I'm realizing that for whatever reason my brain has been reading 3.10 and 3.11 as 3.1.1 or 3.1.0 in these posts. Basically I'm an idiot and 3.7 is obviously too 'old' a kernel, a la 3.7 < 3.10 which is a complete DER moment for me.

What steps/commands would be used to upgrade my kernel from 3.7 to 3.10 or higher (3.11 as Ryanvade stated originally)

Thanks again.

**maverik35** · 2013-10-26

Sorry about my reply to you, I'm using kernel 3.10 in Debian.

**Kali666** · 2013-11-02

I have the same problem and it would be really nice to know, how to upgrade the Kernel to 3.11 to solve Wi-Fi problems. Help, please!

Greets

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