Hi!

Whats the output of "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" ?

Also you don't need "mode 11ac" in there. Let it choose it as it needs to.

Also, which NIC is it?

-adrian

On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 at 19:58, Ben Hutton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was recently attempting to connect to a wifi modem at a house I was 
> visiting and found I couldn't connect with FreeBSD (Current 1600007). I was 
> however able to connect on my GrapheneOS Pixel 9a and have in the past 
> connected to the same accesspoint with several iPhones and a MacBook Pro. 
> FreeBSD however couldn't connect to no matter what combination I was trying. 
> I wasn't getting any errors, it just wouldn't connect.
>
> Since this is an ISP branded device I'm not 100% sure exactly the make/model, 
> however I did manage to get the following:
>
> ISP Branding: Telstra Smart Model Gen 2
>
> Model: LH1000
>
> Manufactured by (According to Claude Haiku 3.5): Arcadyan
>
> Firmware (According to Claude Haiku 3.5): heavily modified version of 
> DD-WRT/OpenWRT - may have different firmware versions (e.g., "Blue Egypt" or 
> "Champagne" versions)
>
>
> Any idea on how I can debug this in future? I wasn't getting any obvious 
> errors in /var/log/messages. I ended up tethering to my phone which was 
> connected to the access point.
>
>
> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf (relevant entries)
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> eapol_version=2
> ap_scan=1
> fast_reauth=1
>
> network={
>         ssid="XXXXXXXXX"
>         psk="xxxxxxxxx"
>         priority=5
> }
>
> /etc/rc.conf (relevant wifi entries)
>
> wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
> create_args_wlan0="country AU regdomain APAC2"
> ifconfig_wlan0="mode 11ac WPA SYNCDHCP powersave"
> wlan0_powersave="YES"
>
> Kind regards
> Ben

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