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28.Dd September 30, 2024
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
58.Pp
59.Nm
60will be a successor to
61.Xr iwm 4
62and may supersede that driver in the future.
63It still complements the
64.Xr iwn 4
65driver which supports older chipsets.
66.Pp
67The driver uses the
68.\" No LinuxKPI man pages so no .Xr here.
69.Em linuxkpi_wlan
70and
71.Em linuxkpi
72compat framework to bridge between the Linux and
73native
74.Fx
75driver code as well as to the native
76.Xr net80211 4
77wireless stack.
78.Pp
79While
80.Nm
81supports all 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
82the compatibility code currently only supports 802.11 a/b/g modes.
83Support for 802.11 n/ac is to come. 802.11ax and 6Ghz support are planned.
84.Sh HARDWARE
85The
86.Nm
87driver supports PCIe devices from the
88.Em mvm
89sub-driver with the following chipsets:
90.Pp
91.Bl -bullet -compact
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93.\" This list is manually generated from a sysctl and post-processing.
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96.It
97Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260
98.It
99Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7260
100.It
101Intel(R) Wireless N 7260
102.It
103Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3160
104.It
105Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 3160
106.It
107Intel(R) Wireless N 3160
108.It
109Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
110.It
111Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168
112.It
113Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
114.It
115Intel(R) Wireless N 7265
116.It
117Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7265
118.It
119Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260
120.It
121Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 8260
122.It
123Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 4165
124.It
125Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8265
126.It
127Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8275
128.It
129Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550 Wireless Network Adapter (9260NGW) 160MHz
130.It
131Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
132.It
133Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
134.It
135Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560D2W) 160MHz
136.It
137Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW) 160MHz
138.It
139Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411D2W)
140.It
141Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411NGW)
142.It
143Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260-1
144.It
145Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
146.It
147Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200D2W)
148.It
149Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)
150.It
151Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
152.It
153Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
154.It
155Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
156.It
157Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
158.It
159Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
160.It
161Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz
162.It
163Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz
164.It
165Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210D2W)
166.It
167Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210NGW)
168.It
169Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX411 160MHz
170.It
171Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
172.It
173Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
174.It
175Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461 160MHz
176.It
177Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461
178.It
179Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462 160MHz
180.It
181Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462
182.It
183Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
184.It
185Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560
186.It
187Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270 160MHz
188.It
189Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270
190.It
191Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162 160MHz
192.It
193Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162
194.It
195Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz
196.It
197Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260
198.It
199Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX101
200.It
201Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX203
202.It
203Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX221 160MHz
204.It
205Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX231 160MHz
206.It
207Intel(R) TBD Bz device
208.It
209Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX204 160MHz
210.It
211Intel(R) TBD Sc device
212.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------
213.El
214.Sh BUGS
215Certainly.
216.Sh SEE ALSO
217.Xr iwlwififw 4 ,
218.Xr iwm 4 ,
219.Xr iwn 4 ,
220.Xr wlan 4 ,
221.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
222.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
223.Sh HISTORY
224The
225.Nm
226driver first appeared in
227.Fx 13.1 .
228