*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: WiFi Link 5100
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: wlan4
version: 00
serial: 00:22:fb:3e:2a:76
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=8.83.5.1 build 33692 ip=172.16.203.163 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:46 memory:f69fe000-f69fffff
I got to test a computer that wasn't reconnecting and I ran:
sudo modprobe -r iwlagn
sudo modprobe iwlagn
This kicked the wifi back to connecting. I have also been reading that perhaps disabling N networking helps this card work better. Here are possible instructions, but I haven't tried that yet.
Press Ctrl + Alt + T. Type in this command: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/intel_11n_disable.conf
Paste this into the gedit window that opens: options iwlagn 11n_disable=1
Save, and close gedit. When back at the prompt type sudo update-initramfs -u.
Run sudo modprobe -r iwlagn && sudo modprobe iwlagn.
How can I run the disable N as a script and have to push out to the existing 60 (using the network autostart script)?
Or how can Iuse the network autostart script to place a FixMyWireless.sh file that would be executable to run the modprobe commands on each computer (and maybe even place a link on favorites to run the script in terminal).
Of course if you have other ideas, I would love to hear it!