Using nwid instead of join did not help connecting. But applying your patch from the "wifi protected management frame (PMF) support" [1] by updating sources and compiling a new kernel fixed things for me.
Thanks! [1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=176479083517754 Marcus [email protected] (Peter Hessler), 2025.12.04 (Thu) 20:17 (CET): > There was a recent change to wifi drivers to add wifi protected > management frame (PMF), which may have side effects that look like what > you're seeing. > > Are you using join? If so, I committed a fix for this a few hours ago. > > you can do: ifconfig iwm0 nwid "fifi" wpaakms "psk,sha256-psk" wpakey yourkey > to connect for now. > > If that works, you can update your kernel to get the fix. > > -peter > > > On 2025 Dec 04 (Thu) at 19:00:38 +0100 (+0100), Marcus MERIGHI wrote: > :>Synopsis: iwm(4) 8265 can't connect to network > :>Category: kernel > :>Environment: > : System : OpenBSD 7.8 > : Details : OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #135: Wed Dec 3 > 14:12:51 MST 2025 > : > [email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP > : > : Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64 > : Machine : amd64 > :>Description: > : iwm(4) 8265 can't establish a connection anymore > : It started with yesterdays (2025-12-03 CET) snapshot: > : worked: > : OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #130: Mon Dec 1 > : 01:45:33 MST 2025 > : did not work: > : OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #133: Wed Dec 3 > : 10:03:07 MST 2025 > : iwm0: flags=808843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF4> > mtu > : 1500 > : lladdr a0:88:69:aa:bb:cc > : index 1 priority 4 llprio 3 > : groups: wlan > : media: IEEE802.11 autoselect > : status: no network > : ieee80211: nwid fifi wpakey wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms > : sha256-psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher ccmp > : "ifconfig iwm0 debug" shows in dmesg in an endless loop: > : iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN > : iwm0: end passive scan > : iwm0: - 00:22:6b:48:8d:84 11 +17 54M ess privacy rsn! > : "fifi"! > : iwm0: - 04:f0:21:3b:cb:f4 9 +48 54M ess privacy rsn! > : "fofo"! > : iwm0: - 3c:84:6a:58:2f:63 2 +17 54M ess privacy rsn! > : "fallera"! > : iwm0: - 44:57:02:10:26:51 5 +23 54M ess no! rsn! > : "flubber"! > : iwm0: - 48:ed:e6:aa:9a:e1 6 +17 54M ess privacy rsn! > : "blabla"! > : iwm0: SCAN -> SCAN > :>How-To-Repeat: > : Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th Gen. with: > : iwm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265" > : rev 0x88, msi > : iwm0: hw rev 0x230, fw ver 36.ca7b901d.0, address > : a0:88:69:aa:bb:cc > : try to connect to your usual networks. > :>Fix: > : None known
