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Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

Post by oenwolf »

Until recently, my bluetooth wasn't working at all. I came across this post, downloaded BCM43142A0-0a5c-216d.hcd from the Github, and it worked. But still Wifi and Bluetooth just don't work at the same time. Please help.

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$ inxi -nn
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCIE Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 94:57:a5:04:27:ec
           Card-2: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: wl
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: d8:5d:e2:a7:5d:d7
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

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Not much you can do except experiment with using different wifi channels on your router to see if one works better than others
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

Post by oenwolf »

JeremyB wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:47 pm Not much you can do except experiment with using different wifi channels on your router to see if one works better than others
Can anything from this post [JeremyB Solved] Wi-Fi doesn't work properly with Bluetooth help?

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$ modinfo -p wl
passivemode: (int)
wl_txq_thresh: (int)
oneonly: (int)
piomode: (int)
instance_base: (int)
nompc: (int)
intf_name: (string)

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$ modinfo -p iwlwifi
swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: disable agg TX, 4: disable agg RX, 8 enable agg TX (uint)
amsdu_size:amsdu size 0: 12K for multi Rx queue devices, 4K for other devices 1:4K 2:8K 3:12K (default 0) (int)
fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (default true) (bool)
antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (default: 0 dB) (int)
nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
d0i3_disable:disable d0i3 functionality (default: Y) (bool)
lar_disable:disable LAR functionality (default: N) (bool)
uapsd_disable:disable U-APSD functionality bitmap 1: BSS 2: P2P Client (default: 3) (uint)
bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)
fw_monitor:firmware monitor - to debug FW (default: false - needs lots of memory) (bool)
d0i3_timeout:Timeout to D0i3 entry when idle (ms) (uint)
disable_11ac:Disable VHT capabilities (default: false) (bool)
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

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Not really as none of the Broadcom wifi drivers have any parameters for changing bluetooth coexistence settings
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

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JeremyB wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:59 pm Not really as none of the Broadcom wifi drivers have any parameters for changing bluetooth coexistence settings
What about the bt_coex_active parameter in iwlwifi?
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

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It won't work when your wifi card is broadcom even if you load it manually
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Re: Bluetooth interfering with WiFi

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oenwolf wrote: Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:53 am
JeremyB wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:59 pm Not really as none of the Broadcom wifi drivers have any parameters for changing bluetooth coexistence settings
What about the bt_coex_active parameter in iwlwifi?
https://superuser.com/questions/924559/ ... y-fix-work
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