13.0-RELEASE can't configure wifi (iwm)

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unitrunker

This worked on 11.x-RELEASE and 12.x-RELEASE but now on 13.0-RELEASE ...

I have a laptop with Intel 7260 wifi.

loader.conf:
Code: 
iwm7260fw_load="YES"
rc.conf:
Code: 
wlans_iwm0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

When I run service netif restart I see an unfamiliar error message:
Code: 
Aug 17 07:11:14 thinkpad wpa_supplicant[1781]: ioctl[SIOCS80211], op=20, val=0, arg_len=7]: Invalid argument
Starting dhclient.
wlan0: no link .................. giving up
/etc/rc.d/dhclient: WARNING failed to start dhclient
The wlan0 interface fails to start. Typing ifconfig wlan0 shows the device is not running.

I can type ifconfig wlan0 up to get it running. ifconfig wlan0 scan will show a list of access points - but it won't associate.
 
Adding "NOAUTO" helped but it becomes a manual process to get wifi going.

/etc/rc.conf:
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP NOAUTO"

After typing "ifconfig wlan0 up", wlan0 associates and gets an IP.

Clunky.

Seems related to:
forums.freebsd.org

256957 – Wi-Fi: rc.conf(5) NOAUTO, ifconfig(8) up and unwanted WLAN connections to open networks

Someone looked at source code and suggested that NOAUTO might be deprecated. Thoughts? From rc.conf(5) : If the ifconfig_⟨interface⟩ contains the keyword “NOAUTO” then the interface will not be configured at boot or by /etc/pccard_ether when network_interfaces is set to “AUTO”.
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org
 
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