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When I load the kernel module manually in FreeBSD 11 via the command kldload if_iwm I get the following: iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260> mem 0xf7d00000-0xf7d01fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci1 iwm0: hw rev 0x140, fw ver 17.352738.0, address XXXXXXXXXX When I load the kernel module...

Hello, My laptop's wireless nic (iwm7260) works fine with FreeBSD 11. However, it does not work with FreeBSD 12 or FreeBSD 13. If I run the ifconfig command it reports the following: wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether fc:f8:ae:01:31:fa hwaddr...

First and foremost start reading the handbook, it is full of information. Follow this link http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=124403&postcount=2 You will see my configuration, this should help you get started. Once you have read through the handbook and checked out my configuration I...

Hello, Are you using the GENERIC kernel or a custom kernel? Add the following lines to the following files. /boot/loader.conf if_ral_load="YES" wlan_wep_load="YES" wlan_ccmp_load="YES" wlan_tkip_load="YES" /etc/rc.conf wlans_ral0=wlan0 ifconfig_wlan0="SYNCDHCP" Now reboot the system and...

Hello, Well it was worth a try. Just a couple of questions? It looks like you are using a custom kernel. Have you recompiled your kernel since your last successful connection? Have you changed anything on your system since your last successful connection? Good Luck

Hello, Your /etc/rc.conf states that your ethernet adapter is alc0, yet the output of your ifconfig does not show any ethernet adapter. Is alc0 correct and is it actually up? I would check dmesg if you are not sure. $ dmesg | grep Ethernet re0: Ethernet address: ##:##:##:##:##:## Try...

Hello Check out this link http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=128904&postcount=6. It will show you my setup, I have a AR9285 as well and it works just fine. However some people have issues, see the following link http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=22815. I am posting from...

Well I still like to play with penguins. Actually three penguins and a daemon at the moment!

Hello, I have a MSI A6200-461us laptop with the following specifications. Intel Core i3-370M "Arrandale" Intel GMA HD video Realtek ALC662 audio 4 GB of ram 320 GB hard drive swapped out for a 640 GB Atheros AR9285 wireless chipset Realtek 8101E ethernet chipset FreeBSD 8.2 works very...

I did some searching and found some information on the mailing lists and a bug report. It appears that you filled a bug report on August 5th 2010, kern/149306. Well, it's the same user name. I could not find a resolution to the bug report so that was a dead end. Check out the following link...

I made an editing mistake in the previous post. Make sure to use lower case in all of the configuration files except for the "YES" at the end of the line in /boot/loader.conf Example: if_ath_load="YES" hostname="yourhostname" Good Luck

Hello, Are you running the standard generic kernel? If you are then you need to load the modules for the wireless card and the Ethernet port. There is also some additional configuration that needs to take place to connect automatically when you boot your machine. Try adding or changing...

I was able to connect to a WEP encrypted network with the following network block added to my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file. # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf network={ ssid="your ssid" key_mgmt=NONE wep_key0=your password wep_tx_keyidx=0 }

I was able to connect to a WEP encrypted network with the following configuration. # cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf network={ ssid="YourSSID" key_mgmt=NONE wep_key0=password wep_tx_keyidx=0 }

Hello, Check out the Handbook's wireless networking section. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html There is a ton of great information on configuring your network. Try combining your ifconfig lines into one like this. /etc/rc.conf...

Hello, Try rearranging your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. Change it to match mine and give it a try. #cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=wheel network={ ssid="yourssid" psk="yourkey" } Notice how the "Global...

Hello, I setup my system using the FreeBSD Handbook's wireless networking section. The documentation is excellent! http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html#NETWORK-WIRELESS-WEP Our setup appears to be slightly different so you may have to change some of...