AX210 Wifi HOSTAP mode not supported

terry1102

Hello.
My Wifi card is also based on Intel AX210, and it's installed on 23.0.1.
My card is recognized without problem.
pciinfo command output is below.

iwlwifi0@pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x028000 rev=0x1a hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x2725 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0024
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz'
    class      = network

And, dmesg command output is below.

iwlwifi0: <iwlwifi> mem 0xf7cfc000-0xf7cfffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
iwlwifi0: successfully loaded firmware image 'iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-73.ucode'
iwlwifi0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
iwlwifi0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.36
iwlwifi0: loaded firmware version 73.35c0a2c6.0 ty-a0-gf-a0-73.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
iwlwifi0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz, REV=0x420
iwlwifi0: successfully loaded firmware image 'iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm'
iwlwifi0: loaded PNVM version 881c99e1
iwlwifi0: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x10d000
iwlwifi0: base HW address: f4:c8:8a:e8:bd:45
iwlwifi0: HOSTAP mode not supported
wlan0: changing name to 'iwlwifi0_wlan0'
iwlwifi0: HOSTAP mode not supported

As you can see, it seem like no problem.
But I can't enable AP mode.
Is this a driver problem? How can I fix it?
Please help me.

Best regards.

stephenw10

@terry1102 said in AX210 Wifi HOSTAP mode not supported:

iwlwifi0: HOSTAP mode not supported

It doesn't support hostap mode so you can't use it as an Access Point.

Steve

terry1102

@stephenw10 But this device works exactly on Windows 10 and 11.

terry1102

@stephenw10 Currently, is there no support for 802.11ac or 802.11ax in pfSense 23?

NogBadTheBad

@terry1102 Have a look at what’s supported by FreeBSD, it’s the underlying OS that pfSense runs.

stephenw10

@terry1102 said in AX210 Wifi HOSTAP mode not supported:

Currently, is there no support for 802.11ac or 802.11ax in pfSense 23?

There is no support for .ac or .ax in FreeBSD, and hence in pfSense, for devices running directly in the firewall.
Running an external access point is better in almost every way.

Steve

Dobby_

@terry1102

As I am informed will the normal Intel 2xx AX
adapter not allowing or supporting the WAP mode!

Only the vPro adapters will do so! So if you are looking for building an WAP (Wireless Access Point)
you should try out to get hands on something like
Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX... M.2 vPro, WIFi-Adapter

I will not say it is supported under FreeBSD, but on the other side it has also nothing to do with that.

Only the vPro adapters will be supporting the
hostap mode or let you use it in AP mode.

provels

In my limited experience, Atheros cards (some, not all) will work in AP mode. No, they won't do AC or AX, but they'll do N, at 2.4 or 5GHz. Take a look at the wireless forum here. I'm using both an AR9280 and an AR9380 in AP mode successfully. Cheap and effective. Seems a lot of Intel cards will only work in client, not host, mode.