FreeBSD 13.1 and Wi-Fi only responds after running service netif restart once or twice after boot. What to do?

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mavavilj

I have the problem that I have FreeBSD 13.1 on an Elitebook 8470p.

When I boot the computer the interface seems to be set up just fine, but it fails to connect to the network right at the boot.

Rather, what I need to do is to call

Code: 
service netif restart

once or twice as root to get internet working.

What can I do with this? I've read several threads here about /etc/rc.conf and some other "startup script files", but my attempts with them have not been successful.

Could I make this automatic somehow?
 
Is the driver for your WiFi card loaded at boot? Perhaps you need an entry in /boot/loader.conf - my laptop has if_rtwn_usb_load="YES".
 
CuatroTorres said:
Did you try sync?

/etc/rc.conf
wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

docs.freebsd.org

Chapter 32. Network Servers

This chapter covers some of the more frequently used network services on UNIX systems
docs.freebsd.org docs.freebsd.org
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Yes, these I have set.

I'm confused about the drivers thing of post #2 though. I've experimented with such, but I thought they had no effect. And I am unsure about how to figure out whether the drivers are properly loaded or not. I assume they are, since
Code: 
service netif restart
brings up the internet later on.
 
It seems as if at least a temporary solution for me was to modify loader.conf as given in:

iwn(4)

www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org

Because my laptop has the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 network chip.

Now Wi-Fi seemed connect automatically at least once, though not exactly after entering the desktop, but some time later.
 
Similar problem here with the iwm driver. No connection at boot, and also after boot sometimes the connetion will drop and require a netif restart. I see this in dmesg (sorry for the fact that pasting removed the newlines)

iwm0: Start Error Log Dump: iwm0: Status: 0x3, count: 6 iwm0: 0x0000090A | ADVANCED_SYSASSERT iwm0: 000002F0 | trm_hw_status0 iwm0: 00000000 | trm_hw_status1 iwm0: 0000E258 | branchlink2 iwm0: 0002730C | interruptlink1 iwm0: 00000000 | interruptlink2 iwm0: 000000FF | data1 iwm0: 0002F4DC | data2 iwm0: DEADBEEF | data3 iwm0: FC40C0B1 | beacon time iwm0: E0A70D86 | tsf low iwm0: 0000000C | tsf hi iwm0: 00000000 | time gp1 iwm0: 2944B950 | time gp2 iwm0: 00000000 | uCode revision type iwm0: 00000016 | uCode version major iwm0: 00058404 | uCode version minor iwm0: 00000230 | hw version iwm0: 0080FF0F | board version iwm0: 00DD001C | hcmd iwm0: 00022002 | isr0 iwm0: 00000000 | isr1 iwm0: 08001802 | isr2 iwm0: 00417CC1 | isr3 iwm0: 00000000 | isr4 iwm0: 00004110 | last cmd Id iwm0: 00000000 | wait_event iwm0: 000073BF | l2p_control iwm0: 00000020 | l2p_duration iwm0: 00000000 | l2p_mhvalid iwm0: 00000030 | l2p_addr_match iwm0: 0000008F | lmpm_pmg_sel iwm0: 03071928 | timestamp iwm0: 0000F000 | flow_handler iwm0: Start UMAC Error Log Dump: iwm0: Status: 0x3, count: 7 iwm0: 0x00000070 | ADVANCED_SYSASSERT iwm0: 0x00000000 | umac branchlink1 iwm0: 0xC0082F64 | umac branchlink2 iwm0: 0xC0081000 | umac interruptlink1 iwm0: 0xC0081000 | umac interruptlink2 iwm0: 0x00000800 | umac data1 iwm0: 0xC0081000 | umac data2 iwm0: 0xDEADBEEF | umac data3 iwm0: 0x00000016 | umac major iwm0: 0x00058404 | umac minor iwm0: 0xC0886280 | frame pointer iwm0: 0xC0886280 | stack pointer iwm0: 0x09C10018 | last host cmd iwm0: 0x00000000 | isr status reg iwm0: driver status: iwm0: tx ring 0: qid=0 cur=222 queued=1 iwm0: tx ring 1: qid=1 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 2: qid=2 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 3: qid=3 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 4: qid=4 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 5: qid=5 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 6: qid=6 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 7: qid=7 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 8: qid=8 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 9: qid=9 cur=194 queued=1 iwm0: tx ring 10: qid=10 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 11: qid=11 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 12: qid=12 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 13: qid=13 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 14: qid=14 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 15: qid=15 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 16: qid=16 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 17: qid=17 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 18: qid=18 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 19: qid=19 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 20: qid=20 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 21: qid=21 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 22: qid=22 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 23: qid=23 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 24: qid=24 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 25: qid=25 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 26: qid=26 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 27: qid=27 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 28: qid=28 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 29: qid=29 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: tx ring 30: qid=30 cur=0 queued=0 iwm0: rx ring: cur=248 iwm0: 802.11 state 0 iwm0: iwm_intr: controller panicked, iv_state = 0; restarting iwm0: iwm_bring_down_firmware: Failed to remove station: 35
 
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