Duncan Bayne @duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Okay making some progress on understanding my lack of 802.11ac in FreeBSD 14.3. "Computer says no".

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 mode 11ac
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured

... whereas forcing 802.11a "just works".

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 mode 11a

I think I've somehow fouled up the upgrade from 14.2.

( Ongoing discussion here: forums.freebsd.org/threads/slo )

Slower than expected performance from Intel WiFi drivers

I feel like such a heel complaining about this, given the stellar work that's gone on with WiFi drivers in FreeBSD lately ❤️ However, I've upgraded my desktop and my laptop to FreeBSD 14.3, and the WiFi performance isn't as good as other people are getting. E.g. on my Framework Ryzen 13 laptop...

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