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
I removed any wireless configuration from /boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf so I could test manually.
As a side note the wireless nic works well in FreeBSD 11, DragonFlyBSD 5.8.1, and Fedora. It does have issues in FreeBSD 12, FreeBSD 13, and OpenBSD.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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:
Code:
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether fc:f8:ae:01:31:fa
hwaddr fc:f8:ae:01:31:fa
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b)
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 wme
bintval 0
groups: wlan
I removed any wireless configuration from /boot/loader.conf and /etc/rc.conf so I could test manually.
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwm0
will create wlan0 but it also reports "ifconfig: No Channels Found". wpa_supplicant -d -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
reports the following:
Code:
wpa_supplicant v2.9
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'default' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Priority group 5
id=0 ssid='XXX'
ioctl[SIOCG80211, op=98, arg_len=32]: Invalid argument
failed to IEEE80211_IOC_DEVCAPS: Invalid argument
wlan0: Failed to initialize driver interface
Failed to add interface wlan0
wlan0: Cancelling scan request
wlan0: Cancelling authentication timeout
As a side note the wireless nic works well in FreeBSD 11, DragonFlyBSD 5.8.1, and Fedora. It does have issues in FreeBSD 12, FreeBSD 13, and OpenBSD.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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