dmesg shows iwm0: hw rev 0x210, fw ver 22.361476.0, address 9c:da:3e:e0:12:34 iwm0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps iwm0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps iwm0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Trying to set it to 11n anyway: $ ifconfig iwm0 mode 11n ifconfig: unknown IEEE802.11 media mode: 11n which is consistent with ifconfig(1) only mentioning 11a, 11b and 11g. OTOH $ ifconfig iwm0 mode 11ac ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument 11ac is a valid mode but not supported??? I tried a current NetBSD 10 a few days ago, but with the same results. The device in question is an Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 that supports 2.4 and 5 GHz and up to 802.11ac. I am running ESXi 6.7 on the hardware and attach the wifi device via PCI-pass-trough to a NetBSD 9.3 VM. Do you have an example of a device actually working with higher speeds? Thanks, Joern On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:07 PM Jeandre Kruger <jeandreckru...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2023, 8:27 pm Jörn Clausen, <joe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > What is the state of support for 802.11n in NetBSD? > > > > Between the NetBSD Guide, the Networking FAQ and the Wiki, it is a > little bit hard to assess the current state of affairs with regard to > 802.11n. The Wiki mentions "the new Wifi stack", but it is not entirley > clear if this a current work in project or stale - and if this project > would actually bring support for 11n. > > > > I would like to use iwm(4) with mode 11n. Is this on any roadmap in the > foreseeable future? > > > > -- > > Joern Clausen > > https://www.oe-files.de/photography/ > > > Hi, > > 11n does work on both the old and new wifi stacks (the latter is in > progress) with at least some drivers. 11ng (2.4 GHz) works and I > think 11na (5 GHz) does also (at least I think it does on the new > stack). Have you tried it? ifconfig will report the current mode. > > It looks like iwm(4) does support it. > > Jeandre > -- Joern Clausen https://www.oe-files.de/photography/
