[Bug 288009] WiFi Not Working Upgrading to FreeBSD 14.3 on ThinkPad W520

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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:03:57 UTC 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288009

            Bug ID: 288009
           Summary: WiFi Not Working Upgrading to FreeBSD 14.3 on ThinkPad
                    W520
           Product: Base System
           Version: 14.3-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: wireless
          Assignee: wireless@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: osalbahr@gmail.com

Hello, on June 14 I upgraded to FreeBSD 14.3 and WiFi stopped working. I know
it is due to the upgrade because reverting back to 14.2 WiFi does work. I have
a Lenovo ThinkPad W520.

When running `dhclient wlan0` as root I get `wlan0: no link ..............
giving up`.

And in Xfce, hovering over the internet icon (Network Manager) I get "Network
card is not enabled" and sometimes "WiFi wlan0 not connected".

What can I try to fix this issue? I can connect to Ethernet just fine.

I did try running `fwget` as was suggested in the Discord:

```console
# fwget
No package found for device 0x0126
No firmware packages to install.
```

WiFi card: Centiro Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak]

Also reported in:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/wifi-not-working-upgrading-to-freebsd-14-3-on-thinkpad-w520.98386

https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lpwc76/wifi_not_working_upgrading_to_freebsd_143_on

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