Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 09:45:11 +0300 From: Alexandr Krivulya <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to activate 802.11n on Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260? Message-ID: <e24106ff-57ca-2c75-6c52-c6dd210a3624@shurik.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <CAHnG2CxkseF%2BycLo0b=CUKrFxMXi47_hSfosMHsJBnUvSCUq5w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHnG2CxkseF%2BycLo0b=CUKrFxMXi47_hSfosMHsJBnUvSCUq5w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, IIRC we do not have 802.11n support for iwm now. 08.06.20 09:10, Páli Gábor пишет: > 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: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260> 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=0x028000 card=0x00108086 chip=0x24f38086 > rev=0x3a hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Wireless 8260' > class = network > $ ifconfig -m wlan0 > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > 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=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > ~~~~ > > 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, > Gábor > > [1] https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/dual-band-wireless-ac-8260-brief-v2.pdf > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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