Unable to make wifi working on hp260g2.

[sonofnet]

Hi, guys,
I'm trying to setup wifi on my hp260 g2. But I can't figure out how to do it.

I've bought a qualcomm qcncm865 wifi card.
The system recognizes it:

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pciconf -lv gives me none1@pci0:some numbers. And device name has "wcn" in the name.

I've installed the kernel module:

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pkg install wifi-firmware-ath12k-kmod-wcn7820_hw20-20260410.
But after install I can't see it in /boot/modules/
I've tried restarting the system. But after the reboot I'm still unable to see anything loaded in

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kldstat. I can see bluetooth as my adapter is a combination of bluetooth and wifi. But no wifi.

I've tried installing

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wifi-firmware-ath12k-kmod-qcn9274_hw20-20260410 but it didn't help either.

I'd appreciate your help. What do I do wrong?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Use

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pkg info -l wifi-firmware-ath12k-kmod-wcn7820_hw20

to see where the files are installed, then try to "kldload" them manually. They probably just do not end up in /boot/modules but somewhere under /usr/local.

[nero355]

What do I do wrong?

You are using something FreeBSD based for WiFi while the general opinion here is that something Linux based is the better choice :)

[sonofnet]

They probably just do not end up in /boot/modules but somewhere under /usr/local.

Patrick, thank you, you were right. Files end up in /boot/firmware/... But there is no .ko driver. And I dug deeper to find out that qualcomm wifi is not supported natively not in 14.3 nor in 15.1 FreeBSD.

The wayout would have been to use wifibox, but it is not in the repository of OPNsense.

So I went the BSD way, I guess :) I've read that the least amount of problems you have with an intel wifi be201 or 202 cards. And I've ordered one.

[sonofnet]

You are using something FreeBSD based for WiFi while the general opinion here is that something Linux based is the better choice :)

You might just be on to smth :)

[sonofnet]

how do I mark this thread as [SOLVED]? Seemingly I can't edit the title.

[pfry]

[...] I've read that the least amount of problems you have with an intel wifi be201 or 202 cards. And I've ordered one.

I've read about some oddities with those regarding system support, and I do not believe the Intel driver offers AP mode. Hopefully it won't give you trouble. I have several wi-fi cards, including an AX210 and an ncm865, but I haven't had a chance to test them.