From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 5 08:38:47 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C41CE30E41 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2017 08:38:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay14.qsc.de (mailrelay14.qsc.de [212.99.163.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 795A065B66 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2017 08:38:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay14.qsc.de; Thu, 05 Oct 2017 10:38:42 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-63-92.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.63.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E23E3CBF9; Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:38:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v958cft4009118; Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:38:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 10:38:41 +0200 From: Polytropon To: mayuresh@kathe.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi unsupported? Message-Id: <20171005103841.0a0ed99f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay14.qsc.de with 3CCB6683430 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1379 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:38:47 -0000 On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:46:43 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > got myself a new (low-cost) 'hp' laptop, primarily because of it's small > sized screen and also because of the awesome (9 hours) battery life. > > was running windows10, erazed it by installing ubuntu17.04 desktop > edition. > all was well under ubuntu, everything worked just fine, but the network > (only has wifi, no wired) interfaces aren't detected under either of > freebsd 11.x and 12. > > relevant linux dmesg below (got it by doing 'dmesg | grep wifi'); The following component is being detected by Linux: > [ 16.579626] iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band > Wireless AC 3168, REV=0x220 It _could_ be supported by the "iwm" driver, at least model 3160 is definitely on the list. The iwm driver provides support for: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 <--- maybe? Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7260 Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7265 Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 [...] This driver requires the firmware built with the iwmfw module to work. See "man 4 iwm" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...