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Wi-Fi adapters

Intel Wireless-AC 9260 family

A PCIe 9000-generation Intel radio. Its transport and RF configuration are selected separately, which is why a family match is less precise than the detected controller details.

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  1. Overview & identity
  2. Driver & binding
  3. Firmware
  4. Read-only diagnostics
  5. Limitations & related issues
  6. References

Overview & identity

8086:2526 is an iwlwifi 9000-family entry. The controller name and bandwidth selection also use RF information; an OEM badge is not inferred from the numeric pair.

Curated identifiers
pci 8086:2526

A numeric match establishes a candidate family within the reviewed evidence. Marketing names, board variants, subsystem conditions and successful operation remain separate questions.

Driver & binding

The source separates the 9000 MAC configuration from JF radio variants. Use the actual iwlwifi initialization log to distinguish an unsuccessful firmware request from later authentication failures.

  • iwlwifi — kernel driver/module candidate

Detected, bound, operational: learn the difference

Firmware

Host-loaded firmware required

The configuration declares these filename branches. Revision and the running driver determine the requested API file; use that exact log entry.

Checked examples or filename branches, not a complete installation list:

  • iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-*.ucode

Inspect firmware packaging on your distribution

Read-only diagnostics

Run one displayed command at a time. Replace uppercase placeholders with the affected device, interface or module from your own output. Commands are never executed here. Read-only output can still contain private identifiers.

Read the selected PCI function

lspci -nnk -s BDF

Replace BDF with the address from your report. Compare Kernel driver in use with Kernel modules; only the former records binding. This ordinary query normally needs no root privileges.

Read firmware metadata

modinfo -F firmware MODULE

Replace MODULE with iwlwifi or the actual candidate module in your report. Metadata lists declared filenames; it does not prove a file was loaded. This query needs no root privileges.

Read existing Wi-Fi association

iw dev INTERFACE link

Replace INTERFACE with the wireless interface from iw dev. Association and rate are observations, not a throughput or firmware test. This query normally needs no root privileges.

Limitations & related issues

Presence in the PCI table does not certify every subsystem, power transition or access point. Bluetooth on a combo module is a separate controller path.

These guides are linked for relevant observations, not as known defects of every device in this family.

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References

Source review records a checked implementation or document, not a reproduced hardware test. Version-specific tables do not establish a minimum kernel or guaranteed operation.