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    • Z
      zyurph
      last edited by

      I just added a 7260 pci-e card to my pfsense box and it is not being detected properly as seen here:

      none2@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40708086 chip=0x08b18086 rev=0x73 hdr=0x00
          vendor    = 'Intel Corporation'
          device    = 'Wireless 7260'
          class      = network
          bar  [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xf7d00000, size 8192, enabled

      I'm running pfSense 2.4.2-RELEASE (Patch 1)

      With that said I'm using FreeBSD 11 and the iwm driver supports this card as stated here:

      https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports

      Any thoughts to why this is happening?

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned
        last edited by

        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=136803.0 could help.

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        • Z
          zyurph
          last edited by

          Grimson,

          Thanks for the quick reply!  After reading that post I don't see how it relates to my issue.  For my Wifi Card isn't showing up in the GUI but shows up as a none2 interface in the dmesg.

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          • GrimsonG
            Grimson Banned
            last edited by

            Read the whole thread carefully. Hint: it's about accepting the license for Intel wireless card modules.

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            • Z
              zyurph
              last edited by

              okay, I see what you mean and I did find 18 instances of that warning on my status page.  I updated my local.conf file and it now reads:

              OS-Boot Loader Configuration
              autoboot_delay="3"
              legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
              legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
              comconsole_speed="115200"
              hw.usb.no_pf="1"

              However, the warnings are still there.  I even put 20 copies of each and it made no difference.  I also put them in a file call loader.conf.lcaol as stated in the thread but no dice.  Am I suppose to put this ack somewhere else?

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              • Z
                zyurph
                last edited by

                I've been doing some more reading and I found that I may need to load and ack the IWM driver itself even though it isn't warning me.

                So I updated my loader.conf to this:

                OS-Boot Loader Configuration
                autoboot_delay="3"
                if_iwi_load="YES"
                legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
                if_ipw_load="YES"
                legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
                if_iwm_load="YES"
                iwm7260fw_load="YES"
                legal.intel_iwm.license_ack=1
                comconsole_speed="115200"
                hw.usb.no_pf="1"

                However, there is still no change.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  If it shows as noneX that means no driver attached. It uses the iwm driver which we don't build into the kernel or as a module.

                  That card is of limited use anyhow, it can only run in station/infrastructure mode as a client, it cannot act as an access point.

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                  • Z
                    zyurph
                    last edited by

                    okay then the rule of using freebsd hardware documentation isn't valid, as stated here that all freebsd hardware is supported in pfsense:

                    https://www.pfsense.org/products/#requirements

                    Hardware Compatibility List
                    As pfSense is based on FreeBSD, its hardware compatibility list is the same as FreeBSD's. The pfSense kernel includes all FreeBSD drivers.

                    .  I am only wanting to use this as a client, not as an AP.  Is there a way to load the driver other than recompiling the kernel?  Also, do you plan to add it to pfsense at any point in the future?  If not do you have a list of wifi devices supported by pfsense?

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