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IWLWIFI(4)		     Kernel Interfaces Manual		      IWLWIFI(4)

NAME
     iwlwifi -- Intel IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax wireless network driver

SYNOPSIS
     The driver will auto-load without any user interaction using devmatch(8) if
     enabled in rc.conf(5).

     Only if auto-loading is explicitly disabled, place the following lines in
     rc.conf(5) to manually load the driver as a module at boot time:

	   kld_list="${kld_list} if_iwlwifi"

     The driver should automatically load any iwlwififw(4) firmware needed for
     the particular chipset.

     It is discouraged to load the driver from loader(8).

DESCRIPTION
     The  iwlwifi  driver  is derived from Intel's Linux iwlwifi driver and pro-
     vides support for all chipsets supported by the mvm part of that driver.

     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7260
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless N 7260
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3160
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 3160
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless N 3160
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 3168
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless N 7265
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 7265
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8260
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless N 8260
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 4165
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8265
     *	 Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 8275
     *	 Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550 Wireless Network Adapter (9260NGW) 160MHz
     *	 Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
     *	 Killer (R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW)
     *	 Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550s Wireless Network Adapter (9560D2W) 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wireless-AC 1550i Wireless Network Adapter (9560NGW) 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411D2W)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1690i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (411NGW)
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260-1
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200D2W)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201D2W)
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX210 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675w 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210D2W)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (210NGW)
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX411 160MHz
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675s 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
     *	 Killer(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (211NGW)
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9461
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9462
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9270
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9162
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9260
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX101
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX203
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX221 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX231 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) TBD Bz device
     *	 Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX204 160MHz
     *	 Intel(R) TBD Sc device

     iwlwifi will be a successor to iwm(4) and may supersede that driver in  the
     future.   It  still  complements  the  iwn(4)  driver  which supports older
     chipsets.

     The driver uses the linuxkpi_wlan and linuxkpi compat framework  to  bridge
     between  the  Linux and native FreeBSD driver code as well as to the native
     net80211(4) wireless stack.

     While iwlwifi supports all 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax the compatibility code cur-
     rently only supports 802.11 a/b/g modes.  Support for  802.11  n/ac  is  to
     come. 802.11ax and 6Ghz support are planned.

BUGS
     Certainly.

SEE ALSO
     iwlwififw(4), iwm(4), iwn(4), wlan(4), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8)

HISTORY
     The iwlwifi driver first appeared in FreeBSD 13.1.

FreeBSD 14.0		       September 21, 2023		      IWLWIFI(4)

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