[CentOS] Centos6.5 Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6235 not working

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On 10/12/13 06:02, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>
> [root at jvermeulen ~]# dmesg | grep iwlwifi
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode' failed.
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
> iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
>
> when trying to install elrepo's kmod-compat-wireless :
>
> Error: Package: kmod-compat-wireless-3.5.4-1.sn.el6.elrepo.x86_64 (elrepo)
>              Requires: kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x9cdb99b7
>              Installed: kernel-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 (@updates)
>                  kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x44d098b7
>              Installed: kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (@base)
>                  kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x44d098b7
>              Available: kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (base)
>                  kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x9273aa6f
>    You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>

No, don't do that. That package is old and unsupported. Your wireless 
chipset is supported by the distro and you should use the kernel driver.

As Tom C said, dmesg output above is telling you the problem. Find out 
why the firmware is missing.