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Bug#551579: Intel 5350 AGN (Echo Peak) refuses to associate with hardware accelerated encryption enabled



On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 00:52 -0700, Daniel Moerner wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64
> Version: 2.6.30-8
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting the same symptoms as in:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468967

That bug seems to have been fixed long before 2.6.30 (though it's hard
to say for sure because there are no specific references to mainline
shcanges).

> My Intel 5350 won't associate at all with some unencrypted networks,
> unless I add:
> 
> alias wlan0 iwlagn
> options iwlagn swcrypto50=1 swcrypto=1
> 
> To an arbitrary file in /etc/modprobe.d. Is there a way to fix this
> problem in the driver?

First, please make sure you have the latest firmware for this wireless
card.  This is packaged as firmware-iwlwifi in the non-free section of
the archive.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
                                                           - Albert Einstein

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