iwm — Intel IEEE 802.11ac wireless network driver

       The iwm driver provides support for:

             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3160
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3165
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3168
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7260
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 7265
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8265
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9260
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9270
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 946X
             Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 9560

       iwm supports station mode operation.  Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.  For more
       information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

       This driver requires the firmware built with the iwmfw module to work.

       Currently,  iwm only supports 802.11b and 802.11g modes.  It will not associate to access points that are
       configured to operate only in 802.11n or 802.11ac modes.

iwm%d:devicetimeout  The driver will reset the hardware.  This should not happen.

       iwm%d:firmwareerror  The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.  The driver  will  reset  the
       hardware.  This should not happen.

       iwm%d:timeoutwaitingforfirmwareinitializationtocomplete  The onboard microcontroller failed to
       initialize in time.  This should not happen.

       iwm%d:couldnotloadfirmwareimage'%s'  The driver  failed  to  load  the  firmware  image  using  the
       firmware(9) subsystem.  Verify the iwmfw(4) firmware module is present.

       iwm%d:couldnotloadbootfirmware    An  attempt  to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard
       microcontroller failed.  This should not happen.

       iwm%d:couldnotloadmicrocode  An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard  microcontroller
       failed.  This should not happen.

       iwm%d:couldnotloadmainfirmware    An  attempt  to upload the main firmware image to the onboard
       microcontroller failed.  This should not happen.

       Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwm0 inet 192.168.0.20 \
                 netmask 0xffffff00

       Join a specific BSS network with network name “my_net”:

             ifconfigwlancreatewlandeviwm0ssidmy_netup

       Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwm0 ssid my_net \
                     wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up

       Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:

             ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwm0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \
                 wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1

       iwm — Intel IEEE 802.11ac wireless network driver

iwmfw(4), pci(4), wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4), ifconfig(8), wpa_supplicant(8)

Debian                                            June 28, 2020                                           IWM(4)

       To compile this driver into the kernel, include the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

             deviceiwmdevicepcidevicewlandevicefirmware

       You also need to select a firmware for your device.  Choose one from:

             deviceiwm3160fwdeviceiwm3168fwdeviceiwm7260fwdeviceiwm7265fwdeviceiwm8000Cfwdeviceiwm8265fwdeviceiwm9000fwdeviceiwm9260fw

       Or you can use

             deviceiwmfw

       to include them all.

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in loader.conf(5):

             if_iwm_load="YES"
             iwm3160fw_load="YES"
             iwm3168fw_load="YES"
             iwm7260fw_load="YES"
             iwm7265fw_load="YES"
             iwm8000Cfw_load="YES"
             iwm8265fw_load="YES"
             iwm9000fw_load="YES"
             iwm9260fw_load="YES"