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Issue #670: Update BE200 instructions slightly.
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@@ -13,19 +13,23 @@ Since early 2025, Raspberry Pi OS includes the Intel `iwlwifi` driver, so all yo
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The firmware version will change over time as Pi OS is updated to newer kernels, but as of March 2025, running kernel 6.6.y, the instructions for installing the appropriate firmware are as follows:
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First, check the `dmesg` logs to see which firmware files are being loaded (and failing); run `dmesg | grep iwlwifi` to do so.
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First, check the `dmesg` logs to see which firmware files are being loaded (and failing):
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```
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dmesg | grep iwlwifi
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```
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Then, in the [linux-firmware](https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/) repository, search for that driver version.
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Download both the `ucode` and `pnvm` files for the firmware version that's missing, and make sure they end up in the `/lib/firmware` directory:
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Download both the `ucode` and `pnvm` files for the firmware version that's missing, and make sure they end up in the `/lib/firmware` directory, for example:
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```
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cd /lib/firmware
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sudo wget -o - -q https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-83.ucode
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sudo wget -o - -q https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0.pnvm
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To physically connect the card to a Pi 5, you may need to buy an M.2 A+E key to PCI Express card adapter, like [Waveshare's PCIe to M.2 E-key HAT+](https://amzn.to/3XpXOpg). The Waveshare HAT includes adapters from the MHF4 to u.FL antenna connectors, and you can then use any standard SMA screw-on antenna with the HAT. Otherwise, you have to figure out how to get MHF4 to some form of antenna.
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To physically connect the card to a Pi 5, you will need an M.2 A+E key to PCI Express card adapter, like [Waveshare's PCIe to M.2 E-key HAT+](https://amzn.to/3XpXOpg). The Waveshare HAT includes adapters from the MHF4 to u.FL antenna connectors, and you can then use any standard SMA screw-on antenna with the HAT. Otherwise, you have to figure out how to get MHF4 to some form of antenna.
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At this point, I've only tried this as Wi-Fi 7 client - not as an AP. Others on GitHub have successfully used it in AP mode, but I'm not sure if that works across all bands or just some.
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