Hi Kzrysztof,
Thanks for your report.
Because I use 13 stable and cannot test the current,
your report is very useful to me.
I'm using ThinkPad X1 nano which has a AX201.
I have some questions.
Do we need the 'if_iwlwifi_load="YES"' line
in addition to the 'kld_list=if_iwlfiwi' line?
I don't think so, but I may be wrong.
Do you use "wifimgr" which is a GUI tool to select AP.
When I use "if_iwlfiwi.ko", wave strength displayed
in wifimgr is 0 for all access point.
Do you see this phenomenon? Or, does someone see this?
Best,
Takashi
On 3/26/22 09:14, Krzysztof Piecuch wrote:
Hi Bjoern,
I posted my previous experience on this group some time ago. This time
it looks much better.
For the reference, I tested this commit:
commit 9d9ba2b79b3196935431879efd9094eb9bfedd95 (HEAD)
Author: Bjoern A. Zeeb <b...@freebsd.org>
Date: Thu Mar 24 19:09:04 2022 +0000
with my Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (rev 20)
For now I tested it only once, for about 10 minutes. I'll update you
when longer testing reveals any issues with current version.
good things:
- no errors when powering off the machine
- no errors when loading the module on boot through /etc/rc.conf
- no errors when leaving the machine idle with no connections
- overall, looks much more stable than previous releases. Worth the wait!
bad things:
- the wifi interface would go up -> down -> up on boot? Not sure if I'm
reading dmesg correctly, please double-check it.
- there are dips in wifi speed. I downloaded over 100MB data though pkg
update (see attachment logs). My download speed would go to 2MBps,
2.1MBps, 2.2MBps, hit 2.4MBps, stay there for a while and then dip to
<1MBps only to jump back to 1.8MBps or higher. 2.4MBps is the expected
upper limit as my ISP can't go any faster.
I'm sorry I don't have any better metrics on that, I just reported
what I saw printed by `pkg`. I am reporting in MBps because that's
what pkg reported. The signal strength was good, there's only 1 thin
wall between my laptop and wifi hotspot.
post-factum `netstat -i` doesn't look horrible IMO:
--------8<-------------------------->8-----------------------------------------------
Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop Opkts Oerrs
Coll
lo0 16384 <Link#1> lo0 148 0 0 148 0
0
lo0 - localhost localhost 0 - - 0 -
-
lo0 - fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 0 - - 0 -
-
lo0 - your-net localhost 148 - - 148 -
-
wifi 1500 <Link#2> dc:21:48:5d:d7:11 184805 0 0 94540 23
0
wifi - 192.168.0.0/2 192.168.0.8 184728 - - 94537 -
-
--------8<-------------------------->8-----------------------------------------------
Please see the attached /var/log/messages.
relevant lines in /etc/rc.conf - I have not configured anything manually
during machine's run.
-----8<-------------8<-------------------
kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi i915kms"
if_iwlwifi_load="YES"
wlans_iwlwifi0="wifi"
create_args_wifi="wlandev iwlwifi0"
ifconfig_wifi="WPA SYNCDHCP"
-----8<-------------8<-------------------
Best,
Kris
