The rtwn driver fails to recognize a RTL8821AE WiFi device. # pciconf -lv pci0:1:0:0: none0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x882110ec chip=0x882110ec rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' device = 'RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter' class = network # kldstat | grep rt 7 1 0xffffffff82661000 d610 if_rtwn_pci.ko 8 2 0xffffffff8266f000 24a08 rtwn.ko Thats a builtin wifi device in an ASRock Beebox barebone. It was my understanding from the man page that upgrade to 12.0 should enable that support, but it doesn't.
I just submitted a new report that also contains a patch I wrote for a different device in the same class. It may or may not be of interest to you. bug #239795
Nope, this is one is not yet supported; 12.0 includes support for USB version of this chipset (RTL8821AU), not for PCIe (RTL8821AE).
Same issue here, I am eagerly awaiting for a patch / update which supports the RTL8821AE pcie mini card. Is this being worked on?
Any update on this would be welcome. This might decide the choice of OS for my product.
^Triage: FreeBSD 12 is now out of support.