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      alex1992 @stephenw10
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      @stephenw10

      Ok sure, I have downloaded a FreeBSD 11.3 ISO, could you please guide me through where I have to look for those modules? and where I have to copy them on my pfsense machine? please let me know of the directories as Im very new to FreeBSD and don't know where i have to look for stuff.

      Also, Can you please recommend a Wireless card that supports 802.11ac and is Mini PCIe form factor (supported on PCIe 1/2) and is supported by pfsense? (if you know of any)

      Thanks again in advance.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        Put if_iwm.ko in /boot/modules and iwm7260fw in /boot/firmware. You can get them from the ISO file directly.

        Try to load it at the command line first.

        There is currently no 802.11ac support in FreeBSD and hence pfSense. That should change at some point (hopefully soon) but there is no ETA.

        Steve

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          alex1992 @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          Thanks Steve, I copied across the .KO files you mentioned and added the following lines to the loader.conf(5):

          if_iwm_load="YES"
          iwm3160fw_load="YES"
          iwm3168fw_load="YES"
          iwm7260fw_load="YES"
          iwm7265fw_load="YES"
          iwm8000Cfw_load="YES"
          iwm8265fw_load="YES"

          After rebooting pfsense, i can see the kernel shows all the above lines right at the beginning, but still after it's fully loaded, im not able to see the wireless card under the available options for wireless interface in the gui. Any thoughts on that?

          EDIT: using this command in shell "pciconf -lv" gives me the below output, which confirms that it sees the card:

          none2@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40708086 chip=0x08b18086 rev=0x73 hdr=0x00
          vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
          device = 'Wireless 7260'
          class = network

          So is there a way to enable this card through command so it can be used inside pfsense?

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            It looks like that should be supported:
            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_4_5/sys/dev/iwm/if_iwm.c#L5842

            So check the module did actually load using kldstat. Look for errors in the boot log.

            Steve

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              iwm was actually just added to 2.5 recently so if you want to test the card you could upgrade to that. There's no easy way to downgrade though.
              It will probably be in 2.4.5p1 also.

              [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@fw321.stevew.lan]/root: kldstat -v | grep iwm
              		161 pci/iwm
              		166 iwm7265Dfw_fw
              		165 iwm7265fw_fw
              		164 iwm7260fw_fw
              		163 iwm3168fw_fw
              		162 iwm3160fw_fw
              		168 iwm8265fw_fw
              

              Steve

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                alex1992 @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10
                You are correct it works in version 2.5 but not 2.4.5. Thank you again ☺

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Ah, nice. As I say it's just been added to the 2.4.5p1 build list so it should be supported there too when that is available.

                  Steve

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                    tquade @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10

                    Seems no support for Access Point mode as of yet.

                    Ted

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Indeed, no hostap mode. I'm not sure that hardware can support it. It's unlikely to in FreeBSD/pfSense anytime soon, in any version.

                      Steve

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                        Freedom Network @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 Instead of copy kernel module manually, can those things be packaged in pak manager?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          It is possible. This driver is in the kernel now anyway though:
                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/7725

                          Steve

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