#iwm

I accidentally came across this #MediaTek #MT7601U #WiFi driver for #NetBSD on GitHub: https://github.com/MakwanaVihas/gsoc_2k22 but it seems long abandoned. I wonder if someone knows how to use it. I actually have such a USB WiFi dodge, and since the #iwm driver works on and off for my Intel 8260 card on NetBSD I think I can give this a try maybe. #RunBSD #BSD #Unix

I just ran some comparisons of the iwm(4) and the iwlwifi(4) drivers for my FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Lenovo X1 Carbon (gen 6). After three tests of each driver the results suggest that: 1) iwlwifi is a more reliable connection (across jitter, latency and drops). 2) iwlwifi download is 200%+ higher than iwm 3) iwm upload is 350%+ higher than iwlwifi 4) iwm connects at 54Mbps 802.11a 5) iwlwifi connects at 802.11ac 80 MHz (VHT/80+) Really promising improvements so far. #FreeBSD #iwlwifi #iwm