On 11/7/18 9:09 AM, Nataraj wrote: > -- > > I have an xps 13 9360 and had problems with the killer wireless. I got > virtually 0 support from Dell on this issue. Some people who upgraded > their warranty to Dell Pro Support were able to get dell to send them > a new ethernet card, but some upgraded their support and still got no > help. > > I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on mine. A while back, I don't know the > exact date, there was a substanial bugfix in the mainline kernel which > appeared in the Ubuntu kernel roughly in the May/June 2018 timeframe > which improved support for the killer chip. You might check to see if > this bugfix got backported to redhat/centos. Also some people have > tweaked some parameters in the driver and improved the performance of > their killer ethernets. > > Before you order a card, I suggest you verify that your laptop > actually has one. (I believe if you download the manuals for your xps, > it will include instructions for replacing the card if it is > replacable). My understanding was that as of the 2018 models, most, > if not all of these laptops switched from using cards to soldering the > chips directly on the motherboard. > > I did replace my ethernet card with an Intel 8265 card (my xps is a > 2017 model). For me the 8265 works well with some wifi hubs, but has > packet loss problems with others, particularly some older hubs that I > have. I did verify that the killer card performed well under windows > 10 with the same hubs which did not work well under Linux. > > Nataraj > I don't have reference to this bug in redhat/centos, but you might check... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1670041 Other than this wireless issue, everything else works on my XPS 9360, including the touch screen. You might try booting various live CD's. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos