Intel Wifi 8265 / 8275

[elektroinside]

I got this showing up in pciconf:

none4@pci0:6:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x10108086 chip=0x24fd8086 rev=0x78 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Wireless 8265 / 8275'
    class      = network

It is, of course, my wifi adapter of the https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z370N-WIFI-rev-10 mb.

Is there any way to install it so I can create a guest network, preferably AC (but anything else should be fine in the end)?

Found these:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220229
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2017-October/067155.html

Unfortunately, this is way over my head, I would need some help if possible.

Many thanks!

[elektroinside]

Further reading about this i think FreeBSD is not the best for wifi

[monstermania]

Further reading about this i think FreeBSD is not the best for wifi

Correct! 
FreeBSD has no good support for wifi at all. So the best solution is to use an AP!
AFAIK the iwm-driver (Intel wifi) don't support AP mode. So you can use intel wifi cards with FreeBSD only as wifi clients.

best regards
Dirk

[elektroinside]

Thanks guys!
I do have several APs, i just wanted to play around with OPNsense wifi capabilities and learn some new stuff :-)

Oh well, some other time :-)

[karotte2000]

Hi! I was trying to get a "Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 network" card to work with OPNsense (I want to use it as an Access Point), but all I find are patches for FreeBSD 12-something. Are there plans to support this hardware in near future?

[elektroinside]

My advice.. forget it. Wifi sucks on FreeBSD in general :-)

[karotte2000]

Is there one (M.2) Network card that would work? Like any model at all?

[elektroinside]

Search for "3.4. Wireless Network Interfaces" here:
http://www.si.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html

[karotte2000]

Thanks! I was ordering a 7265 and it's listed. Fingers crossed.

[elektroinside]

You're welcome! Please come back with a feedback once you installed it

Thank you.

[karotte2000]

Well, the card was seen by the kernel modules I losded (iwm) but:

# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwm0 wlanmode hostap
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported
# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwm0
# ifconfig wlan0 list caps
drivercaps=580c001<STA,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,WPA1,WPA2,WME>
# ifconfig wlan0 destroy

So no support for hostap and I will return it. No luck under freeBSD.

[elektroinside]

So sorry to hear this.
Better use an AP with another ethernet interface. That works, you could even create fw rules for that, and because an AP can handle more WIFI clients you will get much better performance as well.

[karotte2000]

I was using a WRT54GL while waiting for the card, so yep, that’s what I’ll stick to for now. FreeBSD is not a good choice for WiFi I suppose (I was aiming for a all-in-one AP, firewall, gateway, vpn box). I wonder if *any* M.2 card would support hostap mode in OPNsense.

[elektroinside]

Yes, FreeBSD is best for the wired stuff
My old WRT54GL is still running at one of my clients, powered by dd-wrt