Solved Thinkpad Internet not working

Tracker

Tracker

Tried to get the internet working but it keeps giving the error ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 device not configured

This error is in the boot messages as welle(dmesg)

I tried doing net.wlan.devices: iwm0

Based on that i put the relevant lines in /boot/loader.conf as described here
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?iwm(4) - but it still doesn't fix it
 
yeah I was getting that a few days ago when installing and having an issue with the system getting an IP then tried all of that assignment crap that got me no where , reinstalled again from scratch then when I got to the FCC select part again maybe on the 3rd try I decided to just skip past that FCC selection then it scanned for providers , bang got them without having to rescan many times and selected what I needed got to the end of install sent to shell edited the /etc/rc.conf removing the WPA part leaving DHCP because it is an open wifi (nopasswd) provider and it worked.

I'm not sure if that is what you are doing trying to get net to work on install of system but as far as fixing that SIOCIFCREATE2 device not configured I never found anything concessive on it and just explained my "work around"
 
Tracker said:
[...] Based on that i put the relevant lines in /boot/loader.conf as described here
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?iwm(4) - but it still doesn't fix it
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You would help forum readers trying to help you when you specify* exactly what the contents is of your relevant lines in /boot/loader.conf

As you do not specify which Thinkpad exactly (that could be helpful) you have, it is relevant which wireless chipset you are trying to get to work: pciconf -lv | grep -A1 -B3 network

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* How to ask questions the smart way; Be precise and informative about your problem
 
Ok figured it out - i had this line in my /etc/rc.conf
wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
Changed it to wlans_iwm0="wlan0"

While the /boot/loader.conf required
if_iwn_load="YES"
iwm8265fw_load="YES"

CC userxbw maybe this helps
 
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