Re: FreeBSD 14.3 intel WiFi high speed not working

From: Oleksandr Kryvulia <shuriku_at_shurik.kiev.ua>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:58:05 UTC
According to man iwlwifi(4) n/ac speeds available only on 22000 and 
later generations.
BTW, you currently using iwm(4) driver.

11.06.25 17:00, Petru Garstea:
> Greetings,
>
> I am experiencing low network speeds on a FreeBSD 14.3 with an Intel 
> wifi chipset.
> Below are the details:
>
>> iwm0: <Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 9560> mem 0xdc238000-0xdc23bfff 
>> at device 20.3 on pci0
>
>> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 
>> mtu 1500
>>         options=0
>>         ether 40:ec:99:e8:ba:b1
>>         inet $IP netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast $NETMASK
>>         groups: wlan
>>         ssid $AP channel 157 (5785 MHz 11a) bssid 3c:5c:f1:25:bd:85
>>         regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
>>         deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 23 bmiss 10 mcastrate 6
>>         mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 wme roaming MANUAL
>>         parent interface: iwm0
>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11a
>>         status: associated
>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>
>> > freebsd-version -kru
>> 14.3-RELEASE
>> 14.3-RELEASE
>> 14.3-RELEASE
>
>> FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE 
>> releng/14.3-n271432-8c9ce319fef7 GENERIC amd64
>
>> > doas fwget
>> Needed firmware packages: 'gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-kabylake 
>> wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod-9000'
>> The most recent versions of packages are already installed
>
>> > kldstat
>> Id Refs Address                Size Name
>> 16    1 0xffffffff836ab000    b1270 if_iwlwifi.ko
>> 17    1 0xffffffff8375d000    17314 if_iwm.ko
>> 21    1 0xffffffff83800000   28fef0 iwm9000fw.ko
>
> Please advise.
>
> Regards,
> Peter/Petru
>
>