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
