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

From: Goran_Mekić <meka_at_tilda.center>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:43:31 UTC 
On 9/30/25 12:39, Goran Mekić wrote:
> On 9/30/25 01:05, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025, Goran Mekić wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> After watching bz@ talk at this years EuroBSDCon, I learned that 
>>> iwlwifi supports 11a, but only on newer chipsets. My laptop connects 
>>> only to 11ng, but here's the weird thing: I see at least one WiFi 
>>> network on channel 36 through "ifconfig wlan0 scan". I thought that 
>>> 11a is required to see channel 36, but as a total WiFi noob, I might 
>>> be totally wrong. Anyway, my question is how to check if my iwlwifi 
>>> is new enough and why do I see network on channel 36? Thank you!
>>
>> s/11a/11n and 11ac/    a != ac
>>
>> /bz
>>
> I used terminology found in ifconfig(8). Search for "mode mode" in 
> that man page, so I really wasn't trying to be smart. Does it mean 
> that man page needs an update?
>
> Anyway, I guess being tired from EuroBSDCon trip back home made me 
> forget post the mandatory data, so I appologize. I run 15.0-RELEASE 
> and the card is 
I ment 15.0-ALPHA4, I guess I'm still tired.