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Feedback on the Dell Latitude E7450 - Goliad MLK 14

Asked by Josh Loberant

Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with stock kernel
Several things happen:
The BIOS the machine ships with (A02) does not allow for virtual machines with Virtualbox. BIOS A03 fixes that
 The wifi is very unstable. Where other laptops/phones connect, the E7450 is searching, and eventually fails to connect

How can i make the wireless not be horrible?

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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) said : 		#1

Hi,
what wireless chip you're using?
If it's a Broadcom one, have you install the proprietary driver for it?
Thanks

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Josh Loberant (jamracing) said : 		#2

The component is the Intel 7625 wifi card. My suspicions were verified when
I found more complaints about Linux users having intermittent reception,
including dropping of networks and re-requesting the password multiple
times.
When contacting Dell support (I have 3 years NBA support), they stated that
they don't support Ubuntu. Odd, since they in fact ship pc's with Ubuntu...

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On May 5, 2015 11:36 PM, "Po-Hsu Lin" <email address hidden>
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> Your question #266225 on Ubuntu-Certification changed:
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> Po-Hsu Lin changed the question status:
> Hi,
> what wireless chip you're using?
> If it's a Broadcom one, have you install the proprietary driver for it?
> Thanks
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Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew) said : 		#3

Yeah, it looks like it a bug for the Intel 7265, some reports [1] could be found on launchpad as well.

Hence for this case, I would suggest you to open a new bug for it (with command "ubuntu-bug linux"), or subscribe to any other report that fits in your situation.

Good luck.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1437913

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