Intel AX210 is not working correctly

[kmathews]

Hallo community,

Recently, I installed TPlink AX3000 wifi adapter to my PC. After installation, system did not automatically recognized the adapter. Therefore, i did some research, performed following things,

• Installed linux-firmware package since adapter status was in UNCLAIMED
• Tried multiple kernels (5.10 and 5.4)

Still the device not detecting. Inspecting the log,

Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 93.8.63.28
Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: loaded firmware version 59.601f3a66.0 ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: loaded PNVM version 0x881c99e1
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: retry init count 0
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: retry init count 1
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: iwl_trans_send_cmd bad state = 0
Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110

Jul 14 20:23:50 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: retry init count 2

May I know, how to troubleshoot this error?

Thanks

[Skunkie]

First thing I noticed is you are at least getting the card’s chipset to detect.

Jul 14 20:23:49 kmathews-pc kernel: iwlwifi 0000:21:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420

One thing to note is that this card’s chipset started to get kernel support in 5.10. Which would be at least why 5.4 didn’t work for you. It might be worth giving the latest LTS kernel 5.15 a try and see if it works.

[kmathews]

Ahha… I see. I tried Kernel 5.15 and now it is working.

Thank you

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