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I have an over 4 year old Dell Latitude E6520 with Windows 8.1 (originally). Few days ago the WiFi card (
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
) suddenly stopped working. What happened was, I closed the Laptop lid (it worked before that), plugged in my extra battery, opened it - and that's it, since than I didn't manage to get it running again.- Before installing the Dell drivers check in device manager and uninstall the Intel(r) Centrino Advanced-N 6250. Also in control panel/uninstall a program look for the Intel(R) PROSet Wireless/WiFi software and uninstall it also.
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I've tried disabling the adapter, restarting, removing the extra battery, looking for new drivers. Today I've upgraded to Windows 10 in hope, new drivers will be installed and it will start working again, but it didn't.
The extra battery is roughly 3 years old and nothing I can think of is new. The Windows device manager can detect the card and shows it as enabled, I just can't find any network with it. There doesn't seem to be anything broken with the card, when looking at the traditional network adapter settings (those from Windows 7).
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But looking at the new information from Windows 8 and 10, where you can switch the Airplane mode, it shows that my Wireless devices are turned off, and the button is disabled, I can't switch it to turn it on again.
Any ideas what I could do?
According to the device manager, the card should be fine. I planned my further steps to be reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch, if that doesn't work, installing Linux, and in case that still won't work, I'd just assume the card is actually damaged and I'd try to figure out a way to replace it or similar, but in that case it shouldn't show up as perfectly fine in the device manager, or?
Do you have any ideas what can be done without setting up the laptop from scratch?
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You could try installing a driver for the card from the Intel Download Center. Or you could try downloading a driver from Dell; at Driver issue Centrino Advanced-N 6205 & Windows 7 Intel recommends 'using the drivers specifically from Dell since those have been tested with your system configuration and may have been customized.' Go to the Dell Support site, put in the Dell service tag, which should be on the underside of the laptop, and Dell should provide links to drivers for your laptop.
Often times a manufacturer will provide a diagnostic utility with the driver they provide. At the Intel Download Center link, download the appropriate driver for your operating system, but not the 'driver only' version; get one that is described as 'Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software (includes Drivers)'. You may find a diagnostic utility from Intel within the downloaded file.
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First an foremost: I am a absolute Linux beginner, so have mercy if my problem seems easy to you.My Brother gave me his old T420, so I decided to learn Linux and install Ubuntu on it. Unfortunately I can't establish a WiFi connection (my brother assured me it worked when he used it) so I'm pretty positive it's not a Hardware problem. In the terminal he finds the Network adapter when I type
I'm pretty sure I'm missing the required drivers, but I cant find a way to download them, as I'm used to just download them directly from the manufacturers site under windows.Sorry if I seem so super stupid, but this is all pretty new for me. Here are the commands I found in other threats:
ifconfig
sudo rfkill list
https://brownmuscle756.weebly.com/blog/hid-compliant-touch-screen-driver. sudo lshw -class network
dmesg | grep iwl
sudo iwlist scan
Sorry for spamming, I just wanted to make sure you got everything you might need. Also, as another piece of information, when I start the PC, right before he boots Ubuntu, the screen shows the Intel Boot Agent. He shows a new line, saying:DHCP.. and waits there for 30 seconds, after that he states that something is missing (too short for me to read) and goes on.Everywhere I look it says, that most of the drivers are included in Ubuntu and if someone had this problem, he was running on an old release. Im using 16.04.2, but I also tried 17.04 - without a change. Even Intel states, that this device is supported by Ubuntu.
Ethernet is working fine, btw.
If anyone is willing to help me - thanks. I'm sitting here for 6 hours and cant figure it out. Thanks in advance.
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Intel(r) Centrino(r) Advanced-n 6205 Driver
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Now I'm feeling even dumber then 5 mins ago when posting this. There was indeed a tiny little switch on the side of the Notebook, disabling all wireless traffic. If I knew about this, the last hours wouldnt have been such a struggle. Thanks Pilot6 for the hint.I'm feeling to ashamed leaving this post, but I will, maybe it will help others..Case closed.
Intel(r) Centrino(r) Advanced-n 6205 Driver For Windows 7
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