Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:58:43 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokroD6ke4mPymX_DRvSjDLqmbELwW94vnh=wGdhQw8Xtg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPS9%2BSs0EPs6LsdTw2=MGv5tNYkK4LcQPSt0XLv4SO227X0nxQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPS9%2BSs0EPs6LsdTw2=MGv5tNYkK4LcQPSt0XLv4SO227X0nxQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hiya, On 20 February 2017 at 15:50, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a laptop with an Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 card ( > iwm0@pci0:4:0:0: > class=0x028000 card=0x11308086 chip=0x24f38086 rev=0x3a hdr=0x00 ) > in my thinkpad x1 yoga. > > I'm running 12-CURRENT, and wireless is sort of working, although very > slowly: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11a where I would > expect more. My old trusted access point is a wndr3700 which supports 11n ( > worked fine with my macbook, regularly got 20Mb/s. The 7260 and later chipset driver (iwm) doesn't yet support 11n or 11ac, sorry! > > I bought a new access point to get that 11ac goodness, but I can barley get > my new laptop to find the anything on the 5GHz band. > > So my questions: > -Does FreeBSD actually support 11ac yet? I'm working on it. I have it working in my ath10k driver port, but there aren't any drivers with 11ac support in -head. > -Shouldn't my ac8260 support 11n as well? Yes, but not yet. > -Should I get different scan results depending on if have my old or new ap > connected? Nope, but scanning isn't always going to return the same results. > -How come my t510 thinkpad (different os btw) can see my 5GHz net on my new > ap but my yoga does not? Try "ifconfig -v wlan0 list channel" and let's see what's going on. Which channel is the 5GHz net on with the new AP? Thanks, -adrian
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