Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Tue, 2016-07-26 at 17:17 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 01:09:55PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:23 PM, George N. White III > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Where I work, there is no wifi but iMacs are purchased with > > > bluetooth mouse and k

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/26/2016 02:17 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 01:09:55PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:23 PM, George N. White III >> wrote: >> >>> Where I work, there is no wifi but iMacs are purchased with >>> bluetooth mouse and keyboard. With a bunch of syste

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 01:09:55PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:23 PM, George N. White III > wrote: > > > Where I work, there is no wifi but iMacs are purchased with > > bluetooth mouse and keyboard. With a bunch of systems in a cubicle farm, > > bluetooth is not reli

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > Wired ethernet ports are effectively deprecated on any modern laptop. I don't know if I'd go that far. I agree many public or semi-public places assume that the laptops and mobile devices will have WiFi, and it would be hard to find a moder

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:23 PM, George N. White III wrote: > With a laptop the two most common use-cases are "mobile" where you are > working unplugged/mobile with the laptops's keyboard and pointing device, > and > more stationary situations where you are plugged in to mains and may have > acc

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Rick Stevens > wrote: > > On 07/23/2016 09:00 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: > >>> .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... > >> > >> 03:

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 07/23/2016 09:00 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: >>> .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... >> >> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 >> 802.11

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

Allegedly, on or about 25 July 2016, Rick Stevens sent: > If the Bluetooth and 802.11b/g antennas are more than 3 meters apart, > however, interface in minimal. Bit hard to do that when the hardware is buried in a laptop, for instance. I wonder if anyone's got information on manual configuration

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/23/2016 09:00 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: >> .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... > > 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 > 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02) > Subsystem: Broadcom Corpor

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

Allegedly, on or about 23 July 2016, Chris Murphy sent: > Thing is, I don't see this same behavior on macOS with the same > hardware and environment: I don't see the constant > disconnects/reconnects, and I don't ever have BT problems. Looking at a couple of WiFi/bluetooth de-snaggling pages, I w

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: > .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02) Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] [...snip...

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > Both bluetooth and wifi use the 2.4GHz frequency band. If you have > dual-band wifi, try using a frequency in the 5GHz band. Failing that, > try to get your wifi to use a different channel. That may clear it up. > This is always going to be

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/22/2016 02:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:59 AM, jd1008 > wrote: On 07/22/2016 11:54 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 07/22/2016 10:39 AM, Chris Murphy wrote:

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/22/2016 01:37 PM, Tod Merley wrote: > .. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... Good point. If you're using iwlwifi, you could create or edit an /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf file and add: options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=0 Then reboot and see if it helps. > On Fri,

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

.. so what mods are loaded to handle wifi and bluetooth ... On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:59 AM, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 07/22/2016 11:54 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> On 07/22/2016 10:39 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >>> wrote: >>> >>> Wild thou

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/22/2016 11:54 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 07/22/2016 10:39 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: Wild thought: how good is the battery level in the mouse? 75% right now. The problem happens the same whether 15% or 90% on Fedora, and never

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On 07/22/2016 10:39 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > >> Wild thought: how good is the battery level in the mouse? > > 75% right now. The problem happens the same whether 15% or 90% on > Fedora, and never on macOS. > > > >> I have occasi

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Fri, 2016-07-22 at 11:39 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > > > Wild thought: how good is the battery level in the mouse? > > 75% right now. The problem happens the same whether 15% or 90% on > Fedora, and never on macOS. OK > >

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Wild thought: how good is the battery level in the mouse? 75% right now. The problem happens the same whether 15% or 90% on Fedora, and never on macOS. > I have occasional blips with my BT mouse in KDE (using a Broadcom > dongle) e

Re: WiFi conflicting with Bluetooth

On Fri, 2016-07-22 at 09:19 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > Hi, > > About a dozen times per day, my Bluetooth mouse stops working. I can't > connect manually in Settings > Bluetooth. If I merely turn off the > WiFi radio (Settings > Network > Wi-Fi change from On to Off) and then > click the mouse bu