Re: Watch out for 850Mbit/s WiFi

On Tue, 15 Apr 2025, Chris wrote:

Hi Chris,

>> Try it our yourself please -- even with VHT80!
>
> I'm in! :) Where do I get all this magic?

main currently (stable/14 the next days).


> I'm also on an AX210 in an ideapad. I'm on current that's about a year out
> (kernel/world). So as I perform the world/kernel dance I want to get the
> right driver setup.

rc.conf, just a random example but straight forward like any wifi card:

wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
create_args_wlan0="wlanmode sta country UK"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP up"
ifconfig_wlan0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"


> Sorry for all the questions. But the WiFi page is a
> year out of date. You indicated fwget(8) as the procedure. But I build
> *everything*. So not an option. It seems it'd also be hard for a first
> time install where you (as yet) have no connectivity. :)
> Anyway. Is it enough to add net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod to PORTS_MODULES
> in src.conf?

Run fwget -n to see which flavor you want.   For the AX210 that would be
ax210 most likely.  I'd suggest to only build said flavour.

And the iwlwifi/rtw88/rtw89 firmware is not tied to the kernel build anymore
given it's a plain firmware file and no kernel module, so it can be built as
a normal port/package.  With a year old current it should still be fine
to build it upfront.


> Thanks, and thank you very much for all the work you put into this!

Thanks should go to the Foundation, bug reports to me :)

Lots of joy,
Bjoern

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7