Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:43:31 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Goran_Meki=C4=87?= <meka@tilda.center> To: wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird (to me) state of iwlwifi 11a Message-ID: <19104fb7-7be3-499c-aca6-cbd1cc771d0d@tilda.center> In-Reply-To: <ac6177af-8a62-47bd-8361-5b4893131bc3@tilda.center> References: <81a04658-69f0-4b5b-bc53-f5cf63d468a3@tilda.center> <rp417378-2on7-7no1-rq2s-71s36q9s9nn1@mnoonqbm.arg> <ac6177af-8a62-47bd-8361-5b4893131bc3@tilda.center>
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On 9/30/25 12:39, Goran Mekić wrote: > On 9/30/25 01:05, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025, Goran Mekić wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> After watching bz@ talk at this years EuroBSDCon, I learned that >>> iwlwifi supports 11a, but only on newer chipsets. My laptop connects >>> only to 11ng, but here's the weird thing: I see at least one WiFi >>> network on channel 36 through "ifconfig wlan0 scan". I thought that >>> 11a is required to see channel 36, but as a total WiFi noob, I might >>> be totally wrong. Anyway, my question is how to check if my iwlwifi >>> is new enough and why do I see network on channel 36? Thank you! >> >> s/11a/11n and 11ac/ a != ac >> >> /bz >> > I used terminology found in ifconfig(8). Search for "mode mode" in > that man page, so I really wasn't trying to be smart. Does it mean > that man page needs an update? > > Anyway, I guess being tired from EuroBSDCon trip back home made me > forget post the mandatory data, so I appologize. I run 15.0-RELEASE > and the card is I ment 15.0-ALPHA4, I guess I'm still tired.home | help
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