Re: Weird (to me) state of iwlwifi 11a

From: Goran_Mekić <meka_at_tilda.center>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:45:54 UTC 
On 10/1/25 05:39, Chris wrote:
> Yes. It's new enough. I'm on:
> iwlwifi0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
> bz@ is on (or testing on) an AX210 (like you).
> Mine shows:
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 
> 1500
>     options=0
>     ether 3c:e9:f7:ec:63:d7
>     inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>     inet6 fe80::3ee9:f7ff:feec:63d7%wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
>     groups: wlan
>     ssid HighwayToHell channel 157 (5785 MHz 11a vht/80+) bssid 
> 10:0c:6b:4d:44:27
>     regdomain FCC country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
>     deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 17 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6
>     mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 -ampdutx ampdurx ampdulimit 64k 
> ampdudensity 4
>     -amsdutx amsdurx shortgi -ldpctx ldpcrx -uapsd vht vht40 vht80 vht160
>     -vht80p80 wme roaming MANUAL
>     parent interface: iwlwifi0
>     media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet VHT mode 11ac
>     status: associated
>     nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
> So you'll easily get the speed and performance you're hoping for.
> Install
> net/wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod
> after installation, perform fwget(8). Which will set your card up in
> loader.conf(5) as required for your setup. Enjoy. :)

I "pkg remove wifi-firmware-iwlwifi-kmod-ax210" and "fwget" which fixed 
it for me. I guess something got entangled with ALPHAs. Anyway, it works 
like a charm now, thank you!

Regards,
meka