Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:01:22 +0100 From: Sebastian Schwarz <seschwar@gmail.com> To: DTD <support@safeport.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iwm drives does not work for Intel Wireless-AC 3165 Message-ID: <873752ji7x.fsf@domain.invalid> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1711251316400.72866@bucksport.safeport.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1711251316400.72866@bucksport.safeport.com>
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On 2017-11-25, DTD wrote: > My laptop is a Lenovo ideapad 700. Windows shows 4 networking devices: Intel > wireless bluetooth, Intel blue tooth RFCOMM TDI, Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC > 3165, Realtek PCIe GBE controller. I got this system because as of 10.3 FreeBSD > had support for Wireless-AC 3165. > > uname -a > FreeBSD mneme.boltsys.com 11.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Nov 14 > 06:12:40 UTC 2017 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > pciconf -lv > pcib1@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x380a17aa chip=0x19018086 rev=0x07 > hdr=0x01 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16)' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-PCI > none5@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x42108086 chip=0x31668086 rev=0x99 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 Plus Bluetooth' > class = network > re0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x004717aa chip=0x816810ec rev=0x15 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > I think the none5@ means the iwm driver does not support this card. I had added > the following to /boot/loader.conf: > > if_iwm_load="YES" > iwm3160fw_load="YES" > iwm7260fw_load="YES" > iwm7265fw_load="YES" > iwm8000Cfw_load="YES" > > On the next boot that got: > > rgephy0: <RTL8251 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0 > rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, > 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000ba seT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, > 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow > > 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. > > ifconfig rgephy0 add inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: interface rgephy0 does not exist > > ifconfig wlan create wlandev inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured You have to create the WLAN interface from the actual wlan device: # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rgephy0 > ifconfig wlan create rgephy0 inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: must specify a parent device (wlandev) when creating a wlan device > > ifconfig wlan create wlandev rgephy0 inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured > > It seems to be an Intel design requirement to add stuff to invalidate FreeBSD > wireless support. I think FreeBSD 7 or earlier was the last time wifi worked for > me. Anyone know if there are plans to support any of the usb wireless devices? > > > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > support@safeport.com > Voice: 301-217-9220 > Fax: 301-217-9277 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Unfortunately the Handbook is not as clear on the WLAN setup as it could be. It took me a few hours to realize iwn0 wasn't meant to show up in ifconfig's output. After the drivers have attached you can list the available WLAN devices using the command "sysctl net.wlan.devices": # sysctl net.wlan.devices net.wlan.devices: iwn0 You then have to create the actual WLAN interface from it: # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0 # ifconfig wlan0 up Now run wpa_supplicant to associate it with an access point: # wpa_supplicant -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0 -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0.pid Then configure its IP address either statically: # ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.2.124/24 or dynamically: # dhclient wlan0 ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP" wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
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