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    Intel Centrino Advanced N 6230

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      DMZ.008
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I attached the Intel Wireless card 6230 to minipc running pfsense 2.4.4.

      On SSH, I ran the command pciconf -lbcev. I don't see the wireless card.

      Also in Interfaces -> (assign) and click "+", I do not see the wireless interface there too.

      The wireless card wasn't picked up by pfsense 2.4.4.

      May I know what I should do next to resolve the issue?

      Thanks.

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        tman222
        last edited by

        From what I can tell, this card is supported by FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE, so should in theory work with the latest version of pfSense:

        https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn&apropos=0&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+11.2-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html

        Is the iwn driver already being loaded? If not, you can load it as a module at boot time (instructions are in the link above).

        Hope this helps.

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        • stephenw10S Offline
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          If it doesn't appear as a device in pciconf though it's never going to work. Seems like some lower level incompatibility or a broken card.

          Steve

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            DMZ.008 @tman222
            last edited by

            @tman222 Thanks for your response.
            You are right the iwn driver is not part of the kernel. When I make a search for iwn, I don' see any result.

            May I check what is the kernel file name and where I can find that.

            Thanks once again for you quick response.

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              You are looking wrong:

              [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: kldstat -v | grep iwn
              		172 pci/iwn
              		185 iwn6050fw_fw
              		184 iwn6000g2bfw_fw
              		183 iwn6000g2afw_fw
              		182 iwn6000fw_fw
              		181 iwn5150fw_fw
              		180 iwn5000fw_fw
              		179 iwn4965fw_fw
              		178 iwn2030fw_fw
              		177 iwn2000fw_fw
              		176 iwn135fw_fw
              		175 iwn105fw_fw
              		174 iwn100fw_fw
              		173 iwn1000fw_fw
              

              But even if there was no driver the card should still appear in the output of pciconf -lv. If it does not there is some low level issue like broken hardware or a bios bug.

              Steve

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                DMZ.008
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 said in Intel Centrino Advanced N 6230:

                pciconf -lv

                Hi Stephen,

                output of pciconf -lv

                /root: kldstat -v | grep iwn
                167 pci/iwn
                180 iwn6050fw_fw
                179 iwn6000g2bfw_fw
                178 iwn6000g2afw_fw
                177 iwn6000fw_fw
                176 iwn5150fw_fw
                175 iwn5000fw_fw
                174 iwn4965fw_fw
                173 iwn2030fw_fw
                172 iwn2000fw_fw
                171 iwn135fw_fw
                170 iwn105fw_fw
                169 iwn100fw_fw
                168 iwn1000fw_fw

                however I can't find any wireless card in the device list when I run pciconf -lv

                Thanks.

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                • stephenw10S Offline
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  I assume you do see some things listed by pciconf though? On a standard x86 box I expect to see a large number of PCI devices.

                  You need to check the card works at all in something else.

                  Then test the slot with another card if you can.

                  Steve

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