Re: iwlwifi 11n/11ac testing - and update

Hey Bjoern,

I'll need to get back to you with the results. But yea that was a typo, the sysctl values should be fully inverted for all 3.

Jonathan Vasquez
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On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 20:49, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Apr 2025, Jonathan Vasquez wrote:
> 
> > Hey Bjoern,
> > 
> > I tested it but the AX210 wasn't able to connect to either of my networks (2.4 ghz / 5 ghz). I was able to successfully transition to fwget based firmware, and I did see that the sysctl transitioned automatically before/after reboot post fwget install.
> > 
> > Before:
> > 
> > compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto: 0
> > compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable: 1
> > compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac: 1
> > 
> > After:
> > 
> > compat.linuxkpi.80211.hw_crypto: 0
> > compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_11n_disable: 1
> > compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_disable_11ac: 1
> 
> 
> I assume that's a mis-paste as they should be ^ 1.
> 
> > You can take a look at a few dmesg / ifconfig wlan0 here:
> > https://xyinn.org/freebsd/files/iwlwifi-results-1.txt
> 
> 
> That's really helpful! Please keep the file there for the moment.
> 
> So you got associated constantly (you made it to RUN) but then you didn't hear
> any beacons and dropped off again. Rince and repeat.
> 
> What's more important is what's following:
> ieee80211_sta_join: BSS c8:7f:54:b5:d5:f0: 2GHz channel, VHT info; ignoring
> and the firmware crash following with the 0x5/0xf hcmd.
> 
> Can you please send me your AP details (in private if you want).
> Also if you disable 11ac and 11n again, can you then
> ifconfig -v wlan0 list scan
> and give the output for your 2.4Ghz and 5GHz SSID(s)?
> 
> I intially thought it was a channel switch from 5Ghz to 2.4Ghz which
> causes the problem for the firmware panic; could very well be that the
> APs supporting VHT on 2Ghz causing the trouble (or both).
> 
> Lots of health,
> Bjoern
> 
> --
> Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7