Re: SUccess with Intel AX200NGW M.2 chip.

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bz_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2026 15:44:26 UTC
On Sat, 23 May 2026, Lars Tunkrans wrote:

Hi,

I'll just reply to all.

>   I  aqquiered  an  Intel  AX200NGW   M.2   2230  chip  for  my new Desktop 
> computer .

For everyone else: AX200 is EOL from Intel's side.  While it's likely a
good chipset for a few more years, support in case of trouble will be
harder as they are unlikely going to update firmware etc. anymore unless
there are security issues (that's my judgement based on what we saw in
the past with iwm-like hardware).


>  The  AP  used  here  is  somewhat dated, no longer in  production, 
> Ruckus-Wireless-310.
>  But i  keep  it  as  its Powered over Ethernet.

I recently got a PoE one two.  I cannot wait until they put the SFP+ at least
next to it (some do exist but not at a reasonable price or no PoE) so you can
get more than 2.5G out of the AP.


> Running  :
>
> FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE stable/15-n283657-9d28d4daff8d
> This  is  the  ifconfig  output.
>
>
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>     options=0
>     ether 00:72:ee:44:86:62
>     inet 192.168.2.226 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
>     groups: wlan
>     ssid Ruckus-Wireless-310 channel 108 (5540 MHz 11a) bssid 
> b4:79:c8:38:11:dc
>     regdomain ETSI country SE authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
>     deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM ucast:128-bit txpower 23
>     bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 wme roaming MANUAL
>     parent interface: iwlwifi0
>     media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11a
>     status: associated
>     nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

Is the AP 11a only or how did you install firmware?  I am just asking as
it's neither 11na ot 11ac.  If 11a is expected because of the AP then
all good.


And thanks a lot for reporting and glad to hear it works :)

Blessed weekend,
/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7