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WiFi 6E Module on Tiger Lake Platform¶

WiFi 6E connectivity is enabled on Intel® Edge Controls for Industrial (Intel® ECI or ECI) framework with Intel® WiFi 6E AX210 Module. This module is verified on Tiger Lake platform and can used as a WiFi 6E station on the device side.

This section describes the procedure to set up a data link with AX210 module on ECI.

WiFi 6E Prerequisites¶

Hardware Dependency

Tiger Lake IPC
Intel® WiFi 6E AX210 Module

Kernel and Driver

AX210 driver is integrated with ECI Linux* kernel for both Debian* 11 (Bullseye) and Canonical Ubuntu* 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish).

Set up WiFi 6E Connectivity¶

The following section is applicable to:

Set up Data Link using NetworkManager¶

Do the following to set up a data link using NetworkManager:

Verify the prerequisites from section WiFi 6E Prerequisites are met.

Install wireless and networking tools:

$ sudo apt install wpasupplicant network-manager-pptp network-manager

Check the service status of NetworkManager:
```
systemctl status NetworkManager.service
```
The status should be active (running). If not, start the service.
```
systemctl start NetworkManager.service
```
Check the WiFi interface:
```
ip addr
```
Check the WiFi device status:
```
nmcli dev status
```
Search and list the WiFi networks:

Connect to the target WiFi AP:

With open security type:
nmcli dev wifi connect "AP_SSID"

With WPA2-PSK security type:

nmcli dev wifi connect "AP_SSID" password "PASSWORD"

With EAP security type:

nmcli connection add type wifi con-name <"CON_NAME"> \
ifname <WIFI_INTERFACE> ssid <"AP_SSID"> \
-- wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-eap \
802-1x.domain-suffix-match <DOMAIN_SUFFIX> \
802-1x.eap peap 802-1x.phase2-auth mschapv2
802-1x.identity <"USERNAME"> 802-1x.password <"PASSWORD">

Check the WiFi connection, and the IP address will be automatically assigned to the WiFi interface:
```
nmcli con show
```
```
ifconfig
```

Test WiFi Connectivity¶

If connected to the public network, ping 8.8.8.8 to check the connectivity.

ping -I <WIFI_INTERFACE> 8.8.8.8

If connected to the private network, ping the edge server (for example, 192.168.50.209) behind WiFi AP to check the connectivity.

ping -I <WIFI_INTERFACE> 192.168.50.209