linux-kernel - Re: Interaction issue of intel wifi and broadcom bluetooth - it appears that nobody feels responsible for doing something

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2015 21:45:27 -0700
From:	Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com>
To:	Jonas Thiem <jonasthiem@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Interaction issue of intel wifi and broadcom bluetooth - it
 appears that nobody feels responsible for doing something

Jonas,

On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 01:00:32AM +0200, Jonas Thiem wrote:
> Hi *,
> 
> this is my first post to this mailing list, sorry if it's not supposed
> to go here. (also CC in responses would be nice since I'm not
> subscribed)
> 
> I filed a bug about an intel centrino wifi interaction with broadcom's BCM2045B:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97101
> 
Those are some unhelpful replies :-(

> In short, the two seem to kinda fight over the wireless spectrum and
> both drop connections all the time - unless the 'iwlwifi' module is
> loaded with 11n_disabled=1.
> 

I don't have a solution but I think the problem is interesting.

Both Bluetooth and 11n share the same frequency band near 2.4 GHz so it
is possible that they could conflict.  If you had two laptops, and you
ran just Bluetooth on one and just 11n on the other, would they
both have problems?  This would tell as whether it was something inside
the kernel or if it was really wireless interference.

[...]
> 
> Regards,
> Jonas Thiem

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- Jeremiah Mahler
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