Solving WiFi issues

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SlippingGitty edited this page Jun 2, 2021 · 3 revisions

The following advice is extracted from these sources:

Method 1: fixing it by installing a package:

In the Linux-Surface repository, install the package surface-ath10k-firmware-override.

Find more information about this package here.

Method 2: fixing it manually:

Step 1) Download the board.bin file from here: https://github.com/linux-surface/ath10k-firmware-override/blob/main/board.bin?raw=true

Save this file in your Downloads folder

If you can't get internet working at all and therefore are unable to download the board.bin file, you can simply use another computer, download it, throw it onto a storage medium, and then copy it to your Downloads folder on your Surface device. Then you can proceed past step 1.

Step 2) Open the Terminal

Step 3) Remove the current board.bin file from directory hw2.1:

sudo rm /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin

Step 4) Copy the board.bin file from Downloads to hw2.1:

sudo cp ~/Downloads/board.bin /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1

Step 5) Remove the current board.bin file from directory hw3.0:

sudo rm /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board.bin

Step 6) Copy the board.bin file from Downloads to hw3.0:

sudo cp ~/Downloads/board.bin /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0

Step 7) Reboot

Your internet should be working now.