Fast WIFI on FreeBSD is becoming real.

rmomota said:
I'm getting the same snail speed 16Mbps
iwm0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 rev=0x73 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x08b1 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x4060
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Wireless 7260'
class = network
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This is expected, your chipset is not part of the family that received the speed improvements recently. I had a similar one on my laptop and I replaced it with https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0B39631G1
 
rmomota said:
when you brake one shoelace do you also buy new shoes?
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It's more like the other way around, buying new shoelace instead of buying new shoes (provided you can't really wear the shoes without the shoelace).
 
14.3 with AX200. Been running 14.3 since BETA1. Wifi for me is working great now, I am much happier. Thank you devs.
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How can one tell if a chip will work in a newer thinkpad? And not fail because of the lock they have?

I can’t find anything on the chip itself…
 
According to the docs, my chip is supported under the iwl driver.

It uses the iwm though.

Is there a way to force the use of iwl? Forgive my lack of knowledge on this.
 
victort said:
According to the docs, my chip is supported under the iwl driver. It uses the iwm though.
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From wiki

If you have an iwm(4) supported device, you will need to detach the iwm(4) and attach iwlwifi. Please check pciconf -l for your wireless device and remember (or copy and paste later) the first bit.

% pciconf -l | grep iwm
iwm0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 rev=0x78 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x24fd subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0010

After loading the iwlwifi kernel module run the following commands (replacing the device selector with what you found for your computer):

devctl detach pci0:3:0:0
devctl set driver pci0:3:0:0 iwlwifi
That should do the trick.

To ensure that iwlwifi(4) is loaded after subsequent reboots, disable the automatic loading of iwm(4) by devmatch(8). Add the following to /boot/loader.conf:
devmatch_blocklist="if_iwm"
 
victort said:
Thanks!

Loaded fine, disabled the two values found at the following post (Post in thread 'Slower than expected performance from Intel WiFi drivers'
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/...nce-from-intel-wifi-drivers.98118/post-705068) and now I’ve got “mode 11ng”

Not ac yet, but I’m able to download packages at 2.5-3 MBps (big M), but yet iperf gives me 2-3Mbits/sec.

Why the massive difference?
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It’s the upload that does it. When running iperf3 in reverse I’m now getting 20mbps.

Usable, but looking forward to more changes.
 
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How about NUC10 ??? They have an embedded AX201 chipset?

Does the wifi on NUC10 work at all?? I am not sure the interface type as it is soldered on. SDIO or PCIe. Not sure.

Looking to buy a used one.
 
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