iwm drives does not work for Intel Wireless-AC 3165

[DTD]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, Sebastian Schwarz wrote:

> On 2017-11-25, DTD wrote:

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>> This I think is an error as RGEPHY(4): rgephy - RealTek RTL8168/8169/8110/8211
>> series 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet PHY driver. It should be iwm0 I would think.
>> Anyway it can not be configured.
>>
>> ifconfig rgephy0 add inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0
>> ifconfig: interface rgephy0 does not exist
>>
>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev inet 192.168.2.124 netmask 255.255.255.0
>> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
>
> You have to create the WLAN interface from the actual wlan
> device:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rgephy0

root at mneme:~ # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rgephy0
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured

Is there some other loader or sysctl and first needs to be done? The system is a 
straign install into one slice with freebsd-update done after. I've installed 
xorg and xfce so lots of packages but no system configuration past what I 
listed. Really appreciate the feedback BTW.

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>
> Unfortunately the Handbook is not as clear on the WLAN setup as
> it could be.  It took me a few hours to realize iwn0 wasn't
> meant to show up in ifconfig's output.
>
> After the drivers have attached you can list the available WLAN
> devices using the command "sysctl net.wlan.devices":
>
> # sysctl net.wlan.devices
> net.wlan.devices: iwn0
>
> You then have to create the actual WLAN interface from it:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
>
> Now run wpa_supplicant to associate it with an access point:
>
> # wpa_supplicant -B -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlan0 -P /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0.pid
>
> Then configure its IP address either statically:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.2.124/24
>
> or dynamically:
>
> # dhclient wlan0
>
>
> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP"
> wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
>
>

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