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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 06:10:23 -0000 Hi there, I have just got a new machine with an Intel Wireless 8260 chip inside, but the highest performance I could get from it is 54 Mpbs. ~~~~ $ dmesg | fgrep iwm iwm0: mem 0xe1000000-0xe1001fff at device 0.0 on pci2 iwm0: hw rev 0x200, fw ver 22.361476.0, address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX $ pciconf -lv pci0:3:0:0 iwm0@pci0:3:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x00108086 chip=3D0x24f3808= 6 rev=3D0x3a hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Intel Corporation' device =3D 'Wireless 8260' class =3D network $ ifconfig -m wlan0 wlan0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu 15= 00 ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX inet X.X.X.X netmask XXXXXXX broadcast X.X.X.X groups: wlan ssid XXXXXXX channel XX (XXXX MHz 11a) bssid XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX regdomain ETSI country HU authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss= 10 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 wme roaming MANUAL media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11a status: associated supported media: media DS/11Mbps mode autoselect media DS/5.5Mbps mode autoselect media DS/2Mbps mode autoselect media DS/1Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/54Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/48Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/36Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/24Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/18Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/12Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/9Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/6Mbps mode autoselect media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11g media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11g media DS/11Mbps mode 11g media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g media DS/2Mbps mode 11g media DS/1Mbps mode 11g media autoselect mode 11g media DS/11Mbps mode 11b media DS/5.5Mbps mode 11b media DS/2Mbps mode 11b media DS/1Mbps mode 11b media autoselect mode 11b media OFDM/54Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/48Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/36Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/24Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/18Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/12Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/9Mbps mode 11a media OFDM/6Mbps mode 11a media autoselect mode 11a media autoselect mode autoselect nd6 options=3D29 ~~~~ According to the iwm(4) man page, 802.11ac is supported for this driver, but unfortunately the wireless router I use does not support that, but 802.11a/b/g/n only. The tech specs for Intel Wireless 8260 [1] tell me that 802.11n is supported by the hardware. Is there a way to use this card under FreeBSD in 802.11n mode? I could not find any documentation on that. Thanks, G=C3=A1bor [1] https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-br= iefs/dual-band-wireless-ac-8260-brief-v2.pdf