Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:26:36 +0100 From: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260 Message-ID: <CAPS9%2BStMA%2B487n8jcAen8OzzHozR02BD5==_hw1fxdA56Qzkzw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokroD6ke4mPymX_DRvSjDLqmbELwW94vnh=wGdhQw8Xtg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPS9%2BSs0EPs6LsdTw2=MGv5tNYkK4LcQPSt0XLv4SO227X0nxQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokroD6ke4mPymX_DRvSjDLqmbELwW94vnh=wGdhQw8Xtg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote: > 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! > > Well, at least then I know, thanks! > > > > 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. > Ok, I see. One reason to browse the commit logs then :) > > > -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? > Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11b Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11b Channel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11b Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11b Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11b Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11b Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11b Channel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11b Channel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11b Channel 149 : 5745 MHz 11a Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Channel 153 : 5765 MHz 11a Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11b Channel 157 : 5785 MHz 11a Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g Channel 161 : 5805 MHz 11a Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11b Channel 165 : 5825* MHz 11a Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g I had it set to channel 116, but the list only went to 140. > Thanks, > > > > -adrian > Thanks for your clear answer and your work on this area! Best regards Andreas
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