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28.Dd September 21, 2023
29.Dt IWLWIFI 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwlwifi
33.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35The driver will auto-load without any user interaction using
36.Xr devmatch 8
37if enabled in
38.Xr rc.conf 5 .
39.Pp
40Only if auto-loading is explicitly disabled, place the following
41lines in
42.Xr rc.conf 5
43to manually load the driver as a module at boot time:
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi"
46.Ed
47.Pp
48The driver should automatically load any
49.Xr iwlwififw 4
50firmware needed for the particular chipset.
51.Pp
52It is discouraged to load the driver from
53.Xr loader 8 .
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57driver is derived from Intel's Linux iwlwifi driver and provides support for
58all chipsets supported by the
59.Em mvm
60part of that driver.
61.Pp
62.Bl -bullet -compact
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67.It
68Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260
69.It
70Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7260
71.It
72Intel(R) Wireless N 7260
73.It
74Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3160
75.It
76Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 3160
77.It
78Intel(R) Wireless N 3160
79.It
80Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
81.It
82Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168
83.It
84Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
85.It
86Intel(R) Wireless N 7265
87.It
88Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7265
89.It
90Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260
91.It
92Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 8260
93.It
94Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 4165
95.It
96Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8265
97.It
98Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8275
99.It
100Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550 Wireless Network Adapter (9260NGW) 160MHz
101.It
102Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
103.It
104Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
105.It
106Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560D2W) 160MHz
107.It
108Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW) 160MHz
109.It
110Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411D2W)
111.It
112Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411NGW)
113.It
114Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260-1
115.It
116Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
117.It
118Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200D2W)
119.It
120Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)
121.It
122Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
123.It
124Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
125.It
126Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
127.It
128Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
129.It
130Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
131.It
132Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz
133.It
134Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz
135.It
136Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210D2W)
137.It
138Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210NGW)
139.It
140Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX411 160MHz
141.It
142Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
143.It
144Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
145.It
146Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461 160MHz
147.It
148Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461
149.It
150Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462 160MHz
151.It
152Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462
153.It
154Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
155.It
156Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560
157.It
158Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270 160MHz
159.It
160Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270
161.It
162Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162 160MHz
163.It
164Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162
165.It
166Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz
167.It
168Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260
169.It
170Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX101
171.It
172Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX203
173.It
174Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX221 160MHz
175.It
176Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX231 160MHz
177.It
178Intel(R) TBD Bz device
179.It
180Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX204 160MHz
181.It
182Intel(R) TBD Sc device
183.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------
184.El
185.Pp
186.Nm
187will be a successor to
188.Xr iwm 4
189and may supersede that driver in the future.
190It still complements the
191.Xr iwn 4
192driver which supports older chipsets.
193.Pp
194The driver uses the
195.\" No LinuxKPI man pages so no .Xr here.
196.Em linuxkpi_wlan
197and
198.Em linuxkpi
199compat framework to bridge between the Linux and
200native
201.Fx
202driver code as well as to the native
203.Xr net80211 4
204wireless stack.
205.Pp
206While
207.Nm
208supports all 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
209the compatibility code currently only supports 802.11 a/b/g modes.
210Support for 802.11 n/ac is to come. 802.11ax and 6Ghz support are planned.
211.Sh BUGS
212Certainly.
213.Sh SEE ALSO
214.Xr iwlwififw 4 ,
215.Xr iwm 4 ,
216.Xr iwn 4 ,
217.Xr wlan 4 ,
218.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
219.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
220.Sh HISTORY
221The
222.Nm
223driver first appeared in
224.Fx 13.1 .
225