Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 disconnect randomly

[barakatax]

Dear All,

I am having Intel Centrino Wireless N 1000 on my laptop.
The connection signal strength is quite good, more than 50%.

Sometimes the connection died unexpectedly and quite difficult to get it back.
The kernel I'm using : 2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs, KDE desktop.

Is there any way how to keep this connection steady?
Thank you for your time answering this question.

Here is lsmod output:

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lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_usb_audio          70727  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15440  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            15287  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
af_packet              17417  2
ipv6                  266625  0
rfcomm                 30279  8
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     20480  1
sco                     7499  2
snd_hda_codec_idt      48341  1
bnep                    8483  2
snd_hda_intel          19173  2
snd_hda_codec          66310  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4820  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
l2cap                  39423  16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_seq_dummy           1135  0
snd_seq_oss            25264  0
arc4                    1126  2
ecb                     1645  2
snd_seq_midi_event      4648  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42136  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4457  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
iwlagn                171869  0
snd_pcm_oss            33854  0
btusb                   9865  2
bluetooth              51698  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
snd_pcm                60702  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              15383  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          12981  1 snd_pcm_oss
iwlcore                52749  1 iwlagn
mac80211              189461  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd                    43189  19 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
sg                     23578  0
uvcvideo               55371  0
i2c_i801                7002  0
r8169                  34757  0
soundcore               5025  1 snd
cfg80211              126787  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd_page_alloc          6037  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt                9209  0
mii                     3382  1 r8169
videodev               56533  1 uvcvideo
sr_mod                 13510  0
cdrom                  31506  1 sr_mod
iTCO_vendor_support     1585  1 iTCO_wdt
binfmt_misc             5850  1
nvidia              10738613  43
cpufreq_ondemand        7592  2
cpufreq_conservative     7612  0
cpufreq_powersave        714  0
acpi_cpufreq            5117  0
freq_table              2087  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
mperf                   1003  1 acpi_cpufreq
nvram                   4805  0
firewire_ohci          25713  0
firewire_sbp2          11797  0
firewire_core          43104  2 firewire_ohci,firewire_sbp2
crc_itu_t               1103  1 firewire_core
fuse                   59487  5
dm_mod                 58938  0
i2c_core               16436  3 i2c_i801,videodev,nvidia
ir_lirc_codec           3703  0
hp_wmi                  4717  0
lirc_dev                7963  1 ir_lirc_codec
ir_sony_decoder         1847  0
ir_jvc_decoder          1941  0
sparse_keymap           2484  1 hp_wmi
ir_rc6_decoder          2293  0
rfkill                 12694  5 bluetooth,cfg80211,hp_wmi
hp_accel               12828  0
lis3lv02d               8721  1 hp_accel
wmi                     7463  1 hp_wmi
rc_rc6_mce              1144  0
ir_rc5_decoder          1813  0
joydev                  7663  0
ir_nec_decoder          2229  0
ene_ir                 13377  0
rc_core                13095  9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ene_ir
video                  10008  0
processor              22399  3 acpi_cpufreq
input_polldev           2478  1 lis3lv02d
fan                     1910  0
evdev                   7275  19
thermal                 6670  0
ac                      2513  0
battery                 8843  0
button                  4021  0
ata_piix               18666  0
ahci                   17997  5
libahci                16227  1 ahci
libata                154847  3 ata_piix,ahci,libahci
sd_mod                 31650  6
scsi_mod              150584  5 sg,sr_mod,firewire_sbp2,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif              1104  1 sd_mod
ext4                  312233  1
jbd2                   59991  1 ext4
crc16                   1099  2 l2cap,ext4
uhci_hcd               19595  0
ohci_hcd               19854  0
ehci_hcd               36111  0
usbhid                 31331  0
hid                    63565  1 usbhid
usbcore               118087  9 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,btusb,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid


Output lspci for Centrino 1000 :

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03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000

Output lspci -v -s 03:00.0

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03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 BGN
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
        Memory at d9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-1e-64-ff-ff-5f-7e-ae
        Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
        Kernel modules: iwlagn

Checked the Synaptic, installed Centrino 1000 wireless driver version is 128.50.3.1-1pclos2010.
At this website : http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads&f=ucodes_1000, newest version of Centrino 1000 driver is available which released in 04-04-2011.
While version 128.50.3.1 released in 08-14-09.
Just compare the date only, I don't know whether newest driver will solve my problem or not.
If I use the newest driver from that website, I don't know how to install it and I am afraid it will break my system.
So I am hoping someone could figure out what to do.


Regards,
barakatax

[AS]

Dear All,

I am having Intel Centrino Wireless N 1000 on my laptop.
The connection signal strength is quite good, more than 50%.

Sometimes the connection died unexpectedly ...

Hi barakatax,
when your connection dies, try to look at the end of /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog for possible hints
about the cause ...

... and quite difficult to get it back.

Please expand, "quite difficult" or "never get back" ?
Eventually, what you have done to resume the connection ?
Your wireless router actually support the mode 802.11 N ?

AS

[barakatax]

Hi AS,

Thank you very much for your reply.
Answering to your questions, here are the outputs :

/var/log/messages

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...
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Link beat lost.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlan0 down'.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.9 on wlan0.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.9.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Program executed successfully.
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' started
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated


/var/log/syslog

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....
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Link beat lost.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlan0 down'.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.9 on wlan0.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.9.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Program executed successfully.
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' started
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated

What I meant with "quite difficult to get connection back" is I can get the connection back after 3 or 4 times clicks the CONNECT icon on the left bottom Network Center window. If the first try failed, then I try to connect it again until I have my connection.
That is what I usually do to resume my connection.

I don't have any idea whether the router support mode 802.11 N or not. Now I am staying in one small apartement room in Singapore. I am staying here sharing with the owner, not fully rent the whole apartement.The owner give me internet connection for free. And the router is in his room.

For your info, while I was writing this post, connection has died twice.

Thank you AS for helping me.




Regards,
barakatax

[AS]

Hi AS,

Thank you very much for your reply.
Answering to your questions, here are the outputs :

/var/log/messages

...
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost klogd: cfg80211:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
Feb  6 19:35:53 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Link beat lost.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action wlan0 down'.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.9 on wlan0.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.9.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost avahi-daemon[3245]: Interface wlan0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Feb  6 19:35:59 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[12920]: Program executed successfully.
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' started
Feb  6 19:37:01 localhost anacron[3659]: Job `cron.weekly' terminated

Link beat lost ... this is your issue ...

What I meant with "quite difficult to get connection back" is I can get the connection back after 3 or 4 times clicks the CONNECT icon on the left bottom Network Center window. If the first try failed, then I try to connect it again until I have my connection.
That is what I usually do to resume my connection.

I don't have any idea whether the router support mode 802.11 N or not. Now I am staying in one small apartement room in Singapore. I am staying here sharing with the owner, not fully rent the whole apartement.The owner give me internet connection for free. And the router is in his room.

The overall look like some instability of your adapter ... I would try to disable the N functionality, therefore forcing your adapter to work on  802.11G:
can be done adding the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf

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options  iwlagn  11n_disable=1when done, reboot you system.

Another possibility could be something around adapter power management, we will see after this first trial   

Please report back the output of the command:

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iwconfig  wlan0
AS

[barakatax]

Thanks for the solution so far, AS.
Disabled the N functionality, then here are the iwconfig wlan0 results:

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[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"SINGTEL-0120"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: B0:E7:54:52:95:C1
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=35/70  Signal level=-75 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:119   Missed beacon:0

[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"SINGTEL-0120"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: B0:E7:54:52:95:C1
          Bit Rate=2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=31/70  Signal level=-79 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:19   Missed beacon:0


You can see above, after restarting the laptop, connection up. Then about 10 minutes later, it dropped. I tried to reconnect and it up again.

I do really hope to have a steady connection. Do I need additional hardware, let's say another router in my room?
May be as signal booster 

Regards,
barakatax

[AS]

Thanks for the solution so far, AS.
Disabled the N functionality, then here are the iwconfig wlan0 results:

[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"SINGTEL-0120"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: B0:E7:54:52:95:C1
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=35/70  Signal level=-75 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:119   Missed beacon:0

[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

[barakatax@localhost ~]$ iwconfig  wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"SINGTEL-0120"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: B0:E7:54:52:95:C1
          Bit Rate=2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=14 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=31/70  Signal level=-79 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:19   Missed beacon:0

You can see above, after restarting the laptop, connection up. Then about 10 minutes later, it dropped. I tried to reconnect and it up again.

You may also notice about the low connection speed ...

I do really hope to have a steady connection. Do I need additional hardware, let's say another router in my room?
May be as signal booster  

I you want to try new hardware, I would suggest to try first using an external USB wifi adapter ...

Have found a thread on the, with a similar issue, apparently solved by using power management "maximum performance" ...

Please post the output of:

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lspci -nn -s 03:00.0
ls -l /lib/firmware/*1000*
cat /sys/module/mac80211/parameters/ieee80211_default_rc_algo
iwlist wlan0 scan
cpufreq-info

Also, which model is your HP laptop ?

[barakatax]

Dear AS,

I do really appreciate your effort in helping my problem.
My HP laptop type is DV3-2242TX

h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4079541

And here the results :

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[barakatax@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# lspci -nn -s 03:00.0
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [8086:0084]
[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /lib/firmware/*1000*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 335056 Dec 23  2009 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/module/mac80211/parameters/ieee80211_default_rc_algo
minstrel_ht
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: B0:E7:54:52:95:C1
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=31/70  Signal level=-79 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"SINGTEL-0120"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000bdde063181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 45ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000C53494E4754454C2D30313230
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 0706534720010D14
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0102
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:23:51:9E:CE:A1
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=23/70  Signal level=-87 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"2WIRE197"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000000f88f4181
                    Extra: Last beacon: 238ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00083257495245313937
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 0706534720010D14
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:26:75:5F:30:B4
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=22/70  Signal level=-88 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"SINGTEL-30B3"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000007bc8c5208
                    Extra: Last beacon: 2038ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000C53494E4754454C2D33304233
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0040000
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101000003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00

[root@localhost ~]# cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
  hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 2.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.20 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).
analyzing CPU 1:
  driver: acpi-cpufreq
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  maximum transition latency: 10.0 us.
  hardware limits: 1.20 GHz - 2.20 GHz
  available frequency steps: 2.20 GHz, 1.60 GHz, 1.20 GHz
  available cpufreq governors: ondemand, conservative, powersave, userspace, performance
  current policy: frequency should be within 1.20 GHz and 2.20 GHz.
                  The governor "ondemand" may decide which speed to use
                  within this range.
  current CPU frequency is 1.20 GHz (asserted by call to hardware).



Or may be driver update for Linux can solve this problem?
Our current driver in repo is 128.50.3.1 which released in 08-14-09. The newest version is  39.31.5.1 released 4-4-2011.
Found it from this link :

]http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads&f=ucodes_1000]



Thank you.



Regards,
barakatax

[AS]

Actually I have no idea how to solve the issue, other then investigate and by trials.

Reading around I have found all sort of things:

- a driver regression starting from kernel 2.6.35, solved in 3.0.x
http://linuxwireless.org/

- regression using an updated firmware where firmware /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode introduce some regression compared to /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode

these are also the reasons because I'm actually reluctant to change driver version, and I will leave it as final option.

- conflicts between iwlagn and hp_wmi module .... (and between acer_wmi, which doesn't apply to your system)...
we are going to try to blacklist the hp_wmi module, this may have other (unwanted) side effects

- poor performance when using some power management features ...
we are going to test this right now...

- a bug around the default_algo_rc, had experienced myself but was related to previous kernel 2.6.37.4...
not a problem to test this one too...

please try as follow, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf.

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options mac80211 ieee80211_default_rc_algo=pid
edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the following line:

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blacklist hp_wmi
At this point reboot, then proceed as follow:

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cpufreq -g performace
cpufreq -c 0 -g performance
cpufreq -c 1 -g performance
cpufreq-info

the governor changes are not permanent, if you reboot you need to apply it again. The output of cpufreq-info should confirm that the governors has changed to "performance".


- Additionally, using a fixed data rate may help a bit ... try: (not a permanent change)

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iwconfig wlan0 rate 6M

Please, report back your feedback, possibly some improvement 

[ethoms]

I realize this is an old post but the issue still effects PCLOS in current repo, latest kernel.

@AS: THANK YOU, THANK YOu, THANK YOU, this was giving me a lot of grief. Normally I would have stuck to the 2.6.38 kernel which works fine, or switch to another distro. However for good reasons neither is an option.

I started having the issue with my intel wireless when moving to kernel 3.2.18.pae (.a64 also breaks it).

AS, Your suggestion to add "blacklist hp_wmi" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist seems to have fixed it for me. I had to remove /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode but I did not have to use fixed data rate or disable wireless n (11n_disable=1). Speed seems good as well.

To recap, what fixed my "Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000" was the following:

• Remove /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
• Add "blacklist hp_wmi" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

If any devs are listening, we need a new kernel. And a more recent xorg, libdrm, mesa too please.