On 11/10/2019 02:19 PM, Dave Howorth wrote:
I've looked at some more labels on the PC. It says it has a RTL8821AE (WLAN+Bluetooth) card and a quick google indicates there were some problems with it. Does anyboy know whether those problems have been sorted out now and/or whether I need to do anything special to make sure I have the right software (driver) installed?
I don't know if those specific issues are sorted out, but I do know that in the past for RealTek in general. With some AMD chips I have to use "iommu=soft amd_iommu_dump=" to prevent the NIC from acting flaky. (no I don't know precisely why, but out of much reading I stumbled across the solution) Now this isn't Wifi in particular, but depending on what chip is being used, it's worth a google (or smartpage or duckduckgo) on your NIC chipset and see if there is anything IOMMU related that turns up. I have had this with RTL wired connections, but I'm not assuming it is limited to the cable or not. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org