Wi-Fi not connecting

[The wandering trader]

In FreeBSD I can't connect to the Wi-Fi even though the Wi-Fi card is detected. the Wi-Fi card is an Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz. here is the dmesg output.

This is the error:
iwlwifi0: ERROR: lkpi_ic_scan_start: hw_scan returned -5
iwlwifi0: Scan failed! ret -5

 

[cracauer@]

"iwlwifi0: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4"

Does this computer have a wifi on/off switch that might be in the "off" position? Same question for a BIOS option.

 

[CuatroTorres]

Can this be responsible for FreeBSD? Any alternatives?

Solved - rfkill alternative for *BSD?

So, I've managed to connect my laptop to another wifi network, but then on returning home to connect here, find that the wifi hardware switch is off. Now, in Linux, a quick rfkill used to fix this (once I'd got around the problem of installing it on the machine with no network access). Is...

forums.freebsd.org

166086 – [Patch][ath] Reflect state of rfkill switch in a sysctl for ath based card

bugs.freebsd.org

iwlwifi0: Scan failed! ret -5 iwlwifi0: ERROR: lkpi_ic_scan_start: hw_scan returned -5

It is repeated hundreds of times in the dmesg output. Probably just a symptom and not the cause:

274990 – [wpa] wpa_cli scan_results times out after 10s with no output, making installer wifi unusable

bugs.freebsd.org

Can you try before calling wpa_cli:
sysctl net.local.dgram.maxdgram=8192

 

[The wandering trader]

"iwlwifi0: RFIm is deactivated, reason = 4"

Does this computer have a wifi on/off switch that might be in the "off" position? Same question for a BIOS option.

I am dualbooting with Windows. In Windows it works fine but in FreeBSD it doesn't