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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:02:56 +0100
From:      Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60@gmail.com>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: iwlwifi speed test report
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Hello Bjoern,

I'm using AX201 @ main-n276448-a1adefb139b3
Do you need any tests from me?

My setup:

iwlwifi0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz

% cat /boot/loader.conf.d/iwlwifi-22000.conf
compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto=1
compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable=0
compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac=0

% ifconfig -v wlan0
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=0
        ether 6c:6a:77:df:09:21
        inet 192.168.1.78 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        groups: wlan
        ssid Vodafone-24EF21 channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a vht/80+) bssid
ec:4d:47:24:ef:2c
        regdomain ETSI country PT anywhere -ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i -wps
        -tsn privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        AES-CCM 2:128-bit
        AES-CCM 3:128-bit
        powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 txpower 23 txpowmax 50.0 -dotd
        rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346 bmiss 7
        11a     ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6
        11b     ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6
        11g     ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6
        11na    ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6
        11ng    ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6
        11ac    ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6
        scanvalid 60 -bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
        roam:11a     rssi    7dBm rate 12 Mb/s
        roam:11b     rssi    7dBm rate  1 Mb/s
        roam:11g     rssi    7dBm rate  5 Mb/s
        roam:11na    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1
        roam:11ng    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1
        roam:11ac    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1
        -pureg protmode CTS ht htcompat -ampdutx ampdurx ampdulimit 64k
        ampdudensity NA -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren
        -smps -rifs stbc -ldpctx ldpcrx -uapsd vht vht40 vht80 vht160
        -vht80p80 wme -burst -dwds roaming MANUAL bintval 100
        AC_BE cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  3 txopLimit   0 -acm ack
              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm
        AC_BK cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  7 txopLimit   0 -acm ack
              cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  7 txopLimit   0 -acm
        AC_VI cwmin  3 cwmax  4 aifs  2 txopLimit  94 -acm ack
              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm
        AC_VO cwmin  2 cwmax  3 aifs  2 txopLimit  47 -acm ack
              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm
        parent interface: iwlwifi0
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet VHT mode 11ac
        status: associated
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        drivername: wlan0

Cheers,

Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@freebsd.org> escreveu (segunda, 14/04/2025 à(s) 22:03):

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2025, Lars Tunkrans wrote:
>
> >> What does:
> >> sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto
> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable
> >> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac
> >> show for all three?
> >
> >> compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto: 0
> >> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable: 0
> >> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac: 1
>
> Okay, that explains and hw_crypto is indeed disabled (avoids the TKIP
> problem) and my fallback caught this disabling AMPDU-RX.  Good.
>
> Though I am still wondering why the AX201 does not freak out given it
> cannot
> decrypt frames when doing HT.  Some hoemwork for me tonight to test on
> AX200 or AX210 w/ and /wo VHT enabled.  I hope some others are reading
> along as they may be curious to try this too.
>
> Did you do change the hw_crypto and iwlwifi_disable_11ac value yourself
> (in loader.conf.local) or did the firmware update not do the right thing?
>
> For me it looks like:
>
> cat /boot/loader.conf.d/iwlwifi-ax210.conf
> compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto=1
> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable=0
> compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac=0
>
> I am just asking in order to catch any possible general problems early.
> If you've done it manually then that's all fine.
>
> /bz
>
>
> >> And once you are associated and have some traffic, what does
> >> sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0
> >> say?
> >
> >> # sysctl sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0
> >> compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0.dump_stas:
> >> lsta 0xfffff8005bb37000 sta 0xfffff8005bb371c0 added_to_drv 1
> >> nl80211_sta_info (valid fields)
> >> 0x00004503<BEACON_RX,BEACON_SIGNAL_AVG,SIGNAL_AVG,RX_BITRATE,TX_BITRATE>
> >> connected_time 0 inactive_time 0
> >> rx_bytes 0 rx_packets 0 rx_dropped_misc 0
> >> rx_duration 0 rx_beacon 76120 rx_beacon_signal_avg -34
> >> tx_bytes 0 tx_packets 0 tx_failed 0
> >> tx_duration 0 tx_retries 0
> >> signal 0 signal_avg -24 ack_signal 0 avg_ack_signal 0
> >> generation 0 assoc_req_ies_len 0 chains 0
> >> rxrate: flags 5<MCS,SGI> bw 3(40) legacy 0 kbit/s mcs 15 nss 0
> >>         he_dcm 0 he_gi 0 he_ru_alloc 0 eht_gi 0
> >> txrate: flags 5<MCS,SGI> bw 3(40) legacy 0 kbit/s mcs 7 nss 1
> >>         he_dcm 0 he_gi 0 he_ru_alloc 0 eht_gi 0
>
> Great!
>
>
> Lots of joy,
> Bjoern
>
> --
> Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7



-- 
Nuno Teixeira
FreeBSD UNIX:  <eduardo@FreeBSD.org>   Web:  https://FreeBSD.org

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<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Bjoern,</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m using AX201 @ main-n276448-a1adefb139b3</div><div>Do you need any tests from me?</div><div><br></div><div>My setup:</div><div><br></div><div>iwlwifi0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz</div><div><br></div><div>% cat /boot/loader.conf.d/iwlwifi-22000.conf<br>compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto=1<br>compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable=0<br>compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac=0</div><div><br></div><div>% ifconfig -v wlan0<br>wlan0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; metric 0 mtu 1500<br>        options=0<br>        ether 6c:6a:77:df:09:21<br>        inet 192.168.1.78 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255<br>        groups: wlan<br>        ssid Vodafone-24EF21 channel 36 (5180 MHz 11a vht/80+) bssid ec:4d:47:24:ef:2c<br>        regdomain ETSI country PT anywhere -ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i -wps<br>        -tsn privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF<br>        AES-CCM 2:128-bit<br>        AES-CCM 3:128-bit<br>        powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 txpower 23 txpowmax 50.0 -dotd<br>        rtsthreshold 2346 fragthreshold 2346 bmiss 7<br>        11a     ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        11b     ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        11g     ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        11na    ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        11ng    ucast NONE    mgmt  1 Mb/s mcast  1 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        11ac    ucast NONE    mgmt  6 Mb/s mcast  6 Mb/s maxretry 6<br>        scanvalid 60 -bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250<br>        roam:11a     rssi    7dBm rate 12 Mb/s<br>        roam:11b     rssi    7dBm rate  1 Mb/s<br>        roam:11g     rssi    7dBm rate  5 Mb/s<br>        roam:11na    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1<br>        roam:11ng    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1<br>        roam:11ac    rssi    7dBm  MCS  1<br>        -pureg protmode CTS ht htcompat -ampdutx ampdurx ampdulimit 64k<br>        ampdudensity NA -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi htprotmode RTSCTS -puren<br>        -smps -rifs stbc -ldpctx ldpcrx -uapsd vht vht40 vht80 vht160<br>        -vht80p80 wme -burst -dwds roaming MANUAL bintval 100<br>        AC_BE cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  3 txopLimit   0 -acm ack<br>              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm<br>        AC_BK cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  7 txopLimit   0 -acm ack<br>              cwmin  4 cwmax 10 aifs  7 txopLimit   0 -acm<br>        AC_VI cwmin  3 cwmax  4 aifs  2 txopLimit  94 -acm ack<br>              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm<br>        AC_VO cwmin  2 cwmax  3 aifs  2 txopLimit  47 -acm ack<br>              cwmin  0 cwmax  0 aifs  0 txopLimit   0 -acm<br>        parent interface: iwlwifi0<br>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet VHT mode 11ac<br>        status: associated<br>        nd6 options=29&lt;PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL&gt;<br>        drivername: wlan0</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Bjoern A. Zeeb &lt;<a href="mailto:bz@freebsd.org">bz@freebsd.org</a>&gt; escreveu (segunda, 14/04/2025 à(s) 22:03):<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, 14 Apr 2025, Lars Tunkrans wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt;&gt; What does:<br>
&gt;&gt; sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable <br>
&gt;&gt; compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac<br>
&gt;&gt; show for all three?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto: 0<br>
&gt;&gt; compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable: 0<br>
&gt;&gt; compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac: 1<br>
<br>
Okay, that explains and hw_crypto is indeed disabled (avoids the TKIP<br>
problem) and my fallback caught this disabling AMPDU-RX.  Good.<br>
<br>
Though I am still wondering why the AX201 does not freak out given it cannot<br>
decrypt frames when doing HT.  Some hoemwork for me tonight to test on<br>
AX200 or AX210 w/ and /wo VHT enabled.  I hope some others are reading<br>
along as they may be curious to try this too.<br>
<br>
Did you do change the hw_crypto and iwlwifi_disable_11ac value yourself<br>
(in loader.conf.local) or did the firmware update not do the right thing?<br>
<br>
For me it looks like:<br>
<br>
cat /boot/loader.conf.d/iwlwifi-ax210.conf<br>
compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto=1<br>
compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable=0<br>
compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac=0<br>
<br>
I am just asking in order to catch any possible general problems early.<br>
If you&#39;ve done it manually then that&#39;s all fine.<br>
<br>
/bz<br>
<br>
<br>
&gt;&gt; And once you are associated and have some traffic, what does<br>
&gt;&gt; sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0<br>
&gt;&gt; say?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; # sysctl sysctl compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0<br>
&gt;&gt; compat.linuxkpi.80211.wlan0.dump_stas:<br>
&gt;&gt; lsta 0xfffff8005bb37000 sta 0xfffff8005bb371c0 added_to_drv 1<br>
&gt;&gt; nl80211_sta_info (valid fields) <br>
&gt;&gt; 0x00004503&lt;BEACON_RX,BEACON_SIGNAL_AVG,SIGNAL_AVG,RX_BITRATE,TX_BITRATE&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; connected_time 0 inactive_time 0<br>
&gt;&gt; rx_bytes 0 rx_packets 0 rx_dropped_misc 0<br>
&gt;&gt; rx_duration 0 rx_beacon 76120 rx_beacon_signal_avg -34<br>
&gt;&gt; tx_bytes 0 tx_packets 0 tx_failed 0<br>
&gt;&gt; tx_duration 0 tx_retries 0<br>
&gt;&gt; signal 0 signal_avg -24 ack_signal 0 avg_ack_signal 0<br>
&gt;&gt; generation 0 assoc_req_ies_len 0 chains 0<br>
&gt;&gt; rxrate: flags 5&lt;MCS,SGI&gt; bw 3(40) legacy 0 kbit/s mcs 15 nss 0<br>
&gt;&gt;         he_dcm 0 he_gi 0 he_ru_alloc 0 eht_gi 0<br>
&gt;&gt; txrate: flags 5&lt;MCS,SGI&gt; bw 3(40) legacy 0 kbit/s mcs 7 nss 1<br>
&gt;&gt;         he_dcm 0 he_gi 0 he_ru_alloc 0 eht_gi 0<br>
<br>
Great!<br>
<br>
<br>
Lots of joy,<br>
Bjoern<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#888888">Nuno Teixeira</font></div><div><div><font color="#888888">
FreeBSD UNIX:  &lt;eduardo@FreeBSD.org&gt;   Web:  <a href="https://FreeBSD.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://FreeBSD.org</a><br></font></div></div></div></div>;
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