wifi not detected

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nullityvoid
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wifi not detected

Post by nullityvoid »

Hello,

new to BSD and this is my first build

My wifi isn't listed in

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config 
alc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=c319a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
	ether 20:1a:06:95:b0:8f
	inet 192.168.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	groups: lo
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

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 pciconf -lv
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x0c048086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x04168086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA
hdac0@pci0:0:3:0:	class=0x040300 card=0x397817aa chip=0x0c0c8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = HDA
xhci0@pci0:0:20:0:	class=0x0c0330 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c318086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
none0@pci0:0:22:0:	class=0x078000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c3a8086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller'
    class      = simple comms
ehci0@pci0:0:26:0:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c2d8086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
hdac1@pci0:0:27:0:	class=0x040300 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c208086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = HDA
pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c108086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib2@pci0:0:28:1:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c128086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib3@pci0:0:28:2:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c148086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
ehci1@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c268086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c498086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'HM86 Express LPC Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-ISA
ahci0@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x010601 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c038086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = SATA
none1@pci0:0:31:3:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c228086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = SMBus
none2@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x061117aa chip=0x436514e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries'
    device     = 'BCM43142 802.11b/g/n'
    class      = network
alc0@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x380117aa chip=0x10a01969 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'QCA8172 Fast Ethernet'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
is device = 'BCM43142 802.11b/g/n' supported in BSD?
nullityvoid
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Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:22 pm

Re: wifi not detected

Post by nullityvoid »

nullityvoid wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:26 pm Hello,

new to BSD and this is my first build

My wifi isn't listed in

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config 
alc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=c319a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MCAST,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
	ether 20:1a:06:95:b0:8f
	inet 192.168.0.15 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
	status: active
	nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
	options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
	inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
	inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	groups: lo
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

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 pciconf -lv
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x0c048086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x04168086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA
hdac0@pci0:0:3:0:	class=0x040300 card=0x397817aa chip=0x0c0c8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = HDA
xhci0@pci0:0:20:0:	class=0x0c0330 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c318086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
none0@pci0:0:22:0:	class=0x078000 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c3a8086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller'
    class      = simple comms
ehci0@pci0:0:26:0:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c2d8086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
hdac1@pci0:0:27:0:	class=0x040300 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c208086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller'
    class      = multimedia
    subclass   = HDA
pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c108086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib2@pci0:0:28:1:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c128086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
pcib3@pci0:0:28:2:	class=0x060400 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c148086 rev=0xd5 hdr=0x01
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-PCI
ehci1@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c268086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = USB
isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c498086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = 'HM86 Express LPC Controller'
    class      = bridge
    subclass   = PCI-ISA
ahci0@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x010601 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c038086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = SATA
none1@pci0:0:31:3:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x397817aa chip=0x8c228086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller'
    class      = serial bus
    subclass   = SMBus
none2@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x061117aa chip=0x436514e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries'
    device     = 'BCM43142 802.11b/g/n'
    class      = network
alc0@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x380117aa chip=0x10a01969 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'QCA8172 Fast Ethernet'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
sysctl net.wlan.devices
net.wlan.devices:
kldstat
Id Refs Address Size Name
1 73 0xffffffff80200000 2c0b468 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff82e0c000 eed8 aesni.ko
3 1 0xffffffff82e1b000 3baa90 zfs.ko
4 2 0xffffffff831d6000 a448 opensolaris.ko
5 1 0xffffffff831e1000 1e7b0 geom_eli.ko
6 1 0xffffffff83919000 87d0 tmpfs.ko
7 1 0xffffffff83922000 35b4 geom_uzip.ko
8 1 0xffffffff83926000 2e30 xz.ko
9 1 0xffffffff83929000 1a20 fdescfs.ko
10 1 0xffffffff8392b000 103b0 fuse.ko
11 1 0xffffffff8393c000 2908 ums.ko
12 1 0xffffffff8393f000 3c490 linux.ko
13 3 0xffffffff8397c000 4b80 linux_common.ko
14 1 0xffffffff83981000 35cb0 linux64.ko
15 1 0xffffffff839b7000 4df4 cuse.ko
16 1 0xffffffff839bc000 12bf6c i915kms.ko
17 1 0xffffffff83ae8000 75e10 drm.ko
18 4 0xffffffff83b5e000 12cf0 linuxkpi.ko
19 3 0xffffffff83b71000 13f30 linuxkpi_gplv2.ko
20 2 0xffffffff83b85000 6d0 debugfs.ko
21 1 0xffffffff83b86000 54fc linprocfs.ko
22 1 0xffffffff83b8c000 25248 ipfw.ko

is device = 'BCM43142 802.11b/g/n' supported in BSD?
nullityvoid
Posts: 3
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:22 pm

Re: wifi not detected

Post by nullityvoid »

also have a AR5B22

says Anatel but I believe it's an Atheros
wb7odyfred
Posts: 203
Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2016 5:44 pm

Re: AR5B22 Not sure if there is a solution

Post by wb7odyfred »

More information than you need. Not quite a solution. Have not had enough time to look for solution

http://freebsd.1045724.x6.nabble.com/Re ... 89i40.html

specs of the chip
http://en.techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/w ... ros_AR5B22

sysctl wlan.net or something like that
pciconf -lv
usbconfig list

a small post about returning from sleep ar9642
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/issu ... 462.77138/
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