Wifi not recognized by opnsense - Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 card

[rkistart]

Hello all!

We have an opnsense router with an old wifi card, it works fine but it is slow (2.4 Ghz).
Today, I want to replace my old card with an Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 card (I want to use 5Ghz wifi  ). This card is fully operational on the linux router.

I checked the freebsd documentation and this card is supported: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?iwn but, when I install the wifi card, my router does not see the interface.

I added the drivers in "/usr/local/etc/rc.loader.d/20-modules".

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if_iwn_load="YES"
iwn6000fw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
iwn6050fw_load="YES"
When i launch "kldstat" i see driver

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root@opnsense:~# kldstat
Id Refs Address                Size Name
 1   42 0xffffffff80200000  215db98 kernel
 2    1 0xffffffff8235e000    755f0 iwn6050fw.ko
 3    1 0xffffffff823d4000    a8918 iwn6000g2bfw.ko
 4    1 0xffffffff8247d000    a80b8 iwn6000g2afw.ko
 5    1 0xffffffff82526000     4b58 if_enc.ko
 7    1 0xffffffff8254b000     e318 pfsync.ko
 8    3 0xffffffff8255a000    741a8 pf.ko
 9    1 0xffffffff825cf000     3b18 pflog.ko
10    1 0xffffffff825d3000     f460 carp.ko
11    1 0xffffffff825e3000    181d0 if_lagg.ko
12    2 0xffffffff825fc000     3538 if_infiniband.ko
13    1 0xffffffff82601000     e4d0 if_bridge.ko
14    2 0xffffffff82610000     7870 bridgestp.ko
15    1 0xffffffff82618000     ba48 if_gre.ko
16    1 0xffffffff82624000    71aa8 iwn6000fw.ko
17    1 0xffffffff82ae5000     3250 ichsmb.ko
18    1 0xffffffff82ae9000     2180 smbus.ko
19    1 0xffffffff82aec000     f418 ipsec.ko
When i want to check sysctl, output is empty :

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root@opnsense:~# sysctl -n net.wlan.devices
My router information :
Versions   OPNsense 22.7.4-amd64
FreeBSD   13.1-RELEASE-p2
LibreSSL   3.3.6

Do you know why my router not recognize wifi card ?

Regards,

[rkistart]

Hi all !

Nobody have a bug with an intel card?

I create issue to github : https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/6046

Regards

[bartjsmit]

Nobody have a bug with an intel card?

WiFi is notoriously poor on FreeBSD and even then mostly runs in client mode, not AP. Also, the best place for your firewall is rarely the best place for AP coverage.

Most here run separate WiFi infra, I would guess.

Bart...