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Install Driver for Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 in Debian

July 21, 2017

Install Driver for Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 in Debian

For Debian 9 Stretch or Debian 10, Debian 11 wireless intel 8260

Method

1.Add “non-free” component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

# Debian 9 "Stretch"
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free

2.Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-iwlwifi package:

# apt-get update; apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi

Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 in Debian

Alternative method

To install the wifi for the Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 , download the driver from here, extract it then copy it to your /lib/firmware:

wget https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-8000-ucode-16.242414.0.tgz
tar xvf iwlwifi-8000-ucode-16.242414.0.tgz
cd iwlwifi-8000-ucode-16.242414.0
cp iwlwifi-8000-ucode* /lib/firmware
modprobe iwlwifi

3.As the iwlwifi module is automatically loaded for supported devices, reinsert this module to access installed firmware:

# modprobe -r iwlwifi; modprobe iwlwifi

Supported Devices

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo iwlwifi in Debian 3.16 (3.16.7-ckt9-2) kernel images.

PCI: 8086:0082 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
PCI: 8086:0083 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
PCI: 8086:0084 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak]
PCI: 8086:0085 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]
PCI: 8086:0087 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
PCI: 8086:0089 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak]
PCI: 8086:008A Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak]
PCI: 8086:008B Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak]
PCI: 8086:0090 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak]
PCI: 8086:0091 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 [Rainbow Peak]
PCI: 8086:0885 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
PCI: 8086:0886 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
PCI: 8086:0887 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230
PCI: 8086:0888 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230
PCI: 8086:088E Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235
PCI: 8086:088F Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235
PCI: 8086:0890 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200
PCI: 8086:0891 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200
PCI: 8086:0892 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135
PCI: 8086:0893 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 135
PCI: 8086:0894 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 105
PCI: 8086:0895 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 105
PCI: 8086:0896 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130
PCI: 8086:0897 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 130
PCI: 8086:08AE Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100
PCI: 8086:08AF Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 100
PCI: 8086:08B1 Intel Corporation Wireless 7260
PCI: 8086:08B2 Intel Corporation Wireless 7260
PCI: 8086:08B3 Intel Corporation Wireless 3160
PCI: 8086:08B4 Intel Corporation Wireless 3160
PCI: 8086:095A Intel Corporation Wireless 7265
PCI: 8086:095B Intel Corporation Wireless 7265
PCI: 8086:24F3 Intel Corporation Wireless 8260
PCI: 8086:24F4 Intel Corporation Wireless 8260
PCI: 8086:422B Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
PCI: 8086:422C Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200
PCI: 8086:4232 Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
PCI: 8086:4235 Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
PCI: 8086:4236 Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
PCI: 8086:4237 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
PCI: 8086:4238 Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
PCI: 8086:4239 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200
PCI: 8086:423A Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection
PCI: 8086:423B Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN [Echo Peak] Network Connection
PCI: 8086:423C Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150 PCI: 8086:423D Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150