Solved Issue with Wifi

[prxvvt]

Hello, I just installed FreeBSD a lot of time because of a issue with the wifi. I installed the disc.iso version because it had everything to install but I couldn't connect to wifi with wpa supplicant in post installation, then I reinstalled with the bootonly.iso version and when I got to the Networking configuration part it was just saying
"no interface specified for ipv4" and "no interface specified for ipv6". In post installation of the disc.iso everytime i run "ifconfig" some weird interface gets displayed.
When I run pciconf -lv
I only see one thing with the network class which is what Im supposed to look for according go freebsd installation guide

Hardware info:
Acer Nitro AN515-55
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.600Hz 2.59
16gb ram
Nvidia rtx 3060 mobile / max-q
Intel (R) WiFi 6 AX201 160MHZ

 

[SirDice]

Intel (R) WiFi 6 AX201 160MHZ

Not (yet) supported as far as I know.

 

[T-Daemon]

Not (yet) supported

Should be supported on releng/13.1.

WiFi/Iwlwifi - FreeBSD Wiki

prxvvt, try 13.1-RC4 .

 

[SirDice]

Oh, right. It's that new iwlwifi(4) driver. I actually thought that only did 11ac, not Wifi 6 yet.

 

[prxvvt]

Not (yet) supported as far as I know.

why does linux support it but freebsd?

 

[SirDice]

why does linux support it but freebsd?

I don't know. You should ask the manufactures why they often support Linux but not FreeBSD.

That said, look at T-Daemon 's post.

 

[prxvvt]

I don't know. You should ask the manufactures why they often support Linux but not FreeBSD.

That said, look at T-Daemon 's post.

okay ty, will i have some more issues that i should know beforehand w the described hardware in the post

 

[prxvvt]

Should be supported on releng/13.1.

WiFi/Iwlwifi - FreeBSD Wiki

prxvvt, try 13.1-RC4 .

ty iwlwifi is supported in freebsd 13.1rc4, just installed it with no issues

 

[Cath O'Deray]

Welcome to FreeBSD Forums.

Intel WiFi 6 AX201 160MHZ​

… freebsd 13.1rc4, just installed it with no issues

you can add the Solved prefix.

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Generally​

why does linux support it but freebsd?

It's sometimes not simple to take software that's developed for Linux (for example, a driver for Wi-Fi hardware) and make it work for, or with, FreeBSD.

Linux aside: someone recently wondered why FreeBSD and OpenBSD seem to not have a shared approach to drivers.

More generally, you might find these useful, if you haven't already seen them:

• FreeBSD Quickstart Guide for Linux® Users | FreeBSD Documentation Portal
• Resources for Newbies | The FreeBSD Project

 

[fff2024g]

ty iwlwifi is supported in freebsd 13.1rc4, just installed it with no issues

hi, prxvvt , i am new guy in freebsd14 , could you tell how to install iwlwifi, and how to configure it step by step ? i have intel ax201 wifi. now it is not work. thanks.