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How to Update Killer Wireless Firmware on Ubuntu Systems

Résumé: Learn how to update Killer Wireless firmware on Ubuntu systems. Follow our guide for updating the Linux Firmware package or installing the specific Killer Wireless driver.

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Updating the Killer Wireless in Ubuntu

There are two ways to update the drivers for the Killer Wireless card. The simplest method is to update the Linux Firmware package as a whole, which is outlined in the first section below.

If you only want the specific Killer Wireless driver, you can pull that from the Linux Firmware and install it as well, which has been outlined in the second section below.


Table of Contents:

  1. Linux Firmware Package
  2. Killer N1535 Wireless Manual Firmware Update

Linux Firmware Package

Update your system with the following commands:

  1. cd ~ && mkdir linux-firmware && cd linux-firmware
  2. wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/linux-firmware_1.187_all.deb This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
  3. sudo dpkg -i *.deb
  4. sudo modprobe -r ath10k_pci && sudo modprobe ath10k_pci
Note: To determine the current linux-firmware package available go to: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux-firmware/ This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

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Killer N1535 Wireless Manual Firmware Update

The Killer N1535 manual firmware update process.

  1. In a Terminal, confirm the QCA6174 with this command (Figure 1): sudo lspci | grep –i qca6174
    Ubuntu Termainal
    Figure 1
     
  2. Download the latest firmware and extract the contents: https://codeload.github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/zip/master This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.
  3. Or you can Download the ZIP and save it with the browser at this url as shown: https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. (Figure 2)
    Github.com Killer N1535 Download
    Figure 2
     
  4. Open the Downloads folder, then Right Click the ath10k-firmware-master.zip and extract here.
  5. Confirm the contents of the extracted folder as shown. You should see the "QCA6174" folder (Figure 3).
    Ubuntu Extracted ath10k-firmware-master.zip Folder
    Figure 3
     
  6. Back in Terminal, type sudo nautilus to open a root privilege file manager (Figure 4).
    1. Sudo nautilus
    2. Click Computer.
    3. Click folder lib.
    Ubuntu Computer Folder
    Figure 4
     
  7. Go to the QCA6174 firmware directory (Figure 5).
    1. Click Firmware
    2. Click to open ath10k
    3. Right-click and Delete the QCA6174 directory (we are removing everything).
    Ubuntu ath10k Folder
    Figure 5
     
  8. Go to your other file manager window where your extracted download folder is (Figure 6):
    1. Confirm your new source file location in Downloads/auth10k-firmware
    2. Confirm your new destination file location in ../firmware/ath10k
    3. Copy and paste the QCA6174 directory with all its contents into the destination directory as shown. The path should be: /lib/firmware/ath10k/
    Ubuntu Copy and Paste to the QCA6174 Directory
    Figure 6
     
  9. Open /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/HW3.0 and rename the file: firmware-4.bin_WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 To: firmware-4.bin (Figure 7)
    Ubuntu /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/HW3.0 Folder
    Figure 7
     
  10. Now reboot and test the new Killer Wi-Fi firmware.

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XPS 13 9360, XPS 13 9370
Propriétés de l’article
Numéro d’article: 000144425
Type d’article: Solution
Dernière modification: 18 Jun 2024
Version:  7
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