Intel WiFi 8265, 200, 3xxx 9xxx and others now working

[steveharman]

I found this information by accident so in case it's news to others:

"Itlwm" is a kext to enable a range of Intel "on board" WiFi hardware. Such hardware might be embedded into laptops or plugged in via M.2 cards on desktop motherboards, such as the ASRock Z490M I'm using.

GitHub - OpenIntelWireless/itlwm: Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS

Intel Wi-Fi Drivers for macOS. Contribute to OpenIntelWireless/itlwm development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Supported Intel cards are claimed to include:

• 3xxx: 3160, 3165, 3168
• 7xxx: 7260, 7265
• 9xxx：9260,9461, 9462, 9560
• 22000：ax200

This work is early stage, based on the OpenIntelWireless project from BSD. Once it's up and running your new WiFi connection appears as an Ethernet connection in System Preferences > Network

Also there's "Heliport" a friendly GUI tool for managing WiFi connections in conjuntion with the Itlwm.

GitHub - OpenIntelWireless/HeliPort: Intel Wi-Fi Client for itlwm

Intel Wi-Fi Client for itlwm. Contribute to OpenIntelWireless/HeliPort development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Frankly I'm amazed, I never thought we'd have Intel WiFi support and would always have to install Broadcom alternatives.

YMMV but I'm getting full speeds and range on the stock Intel card that came with the ASRock Z490. I don't use Apple Handoff and suchlike so can't confirm if Itlwm works ok there, but for general connectivity on Catalina 10.15.6 it seems fine for me.

Just remember to enable the onboard WiFi in your BIOS... ahem. ;-)

 

[LiveSorcerer]

Great, now I'm trying to make BT 5.0 work on this card.
INtel 9560.