Intel 9260 Wi-Fi Card Not Working on Jetson Nano

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Nano
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Hi NVIDIA Team,

I’m using an Intel Wireless-AC 9260 on a Jetson Nano (B01) running:

  • L4T: 32.7.1
  • Kernel: 4.9.337-tegra
  • Firmware: All iwlwifi-9260-*.ucode files are present
    Card detected via lspci:
    01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless-AC 9260 [8086:2526] (rev 29)
    But not claimed by driver:
    lshw -C network
    WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
    *-network UNCLAIMED
    description: Network controller
    product: Wireless-AC 9260
    vendor: Intel Corporation
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
    version: 29
    width: 64 bits
    clock: 33MHz
    capabilities: cap_list
    configuration: latency=0
    resources: memory:13000000-13003fff
  • modprobe iwlwifi runs silently
  • dmesg | grep iwlwifi → no output
  • Driver exists:
/lib/modules/4.9.337-tegra/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko

Question:

Does this kernel support Intel 9260 ([8086:2526])?
Or do I need to:

  • Patch/rebuild the iwlwifi driver?
  • Use an Intel 8265 card instead?

Thanks in advance!
– Noushad

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Hi,
Please check with the vendor whether the WIFI module is supported in K4.9. Or you may try Intel 8265, which should work on Jetson Nano developer kit with Jetpack 4.

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hi,
Thanks for the insight!
It appears Kernel 4.9 lacks official support for Intel 9260, but there are workarounds via a custom kernel build and driver backports. However, considering the effort and risk involved, we’re also exploring switching to the Intel 8265, which is confirmed to work well with JetPack 4.x.

Would appreciate any community insights on reliability or performance trade-offs between the two approaches!