Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:15:11 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iwm drives does not work for Intel Wireless-AC 3165 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1711251508310.15572@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1711251436450.72866@bucksport.safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1711251316400.72866@bucksport.safeport.com> <873752ji7x.fsf@domain.invalid> <87y3mui2un.fsf@domain.invalid> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1711251436450.72866@bucksport.safeport.com>
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On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, DTD wrote: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, Sebastian Schwarz wrote: > >> On 2017-11-25, Sebastian Schwarz wrote: >>> Unfortunately the Handbook is not as clear on the WLAN setup as >>> it could be. >> >> Actually it now is. I even checked that before sending. But >> then hit I "send" instead of "discard message"... :/ I'm sorry >> for the spam. >> >> There is one thing I can contribute though: >> >> On 2017-11-25, DTD wrote: >>> This I think is an error as RGEPHY(4): rgephy - RealTek >>> RTL8168/8169/8110/8211 series 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet PHY >>> driver. It should be iwm0 I would think. Anyway it can not >>> be configured. >> >> As mentioned in the handbook check the output of "sysctl >> net.wlan.devices" to see the correct name of your WLAN devices. > > Bingo!!! <8) > > root@mneme:~ # sysctl net.wlan.devices > net.wlan.devices: iwm0 Hopfully this will save someone. I had an error in /boot/loader.conf. It did not show in vi but when I was following Sebastian's instructions and they did not work I did a kldstat when sysctl net.wlan.devices showed nothing.
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