I apologise that the default x86 image doesn't meet your needs or expectations.
It isn't stated anywhere that it has wireless capability. It was born from the ALIX profile which is a wired only device subset. I did that just to give it a bit more usability and utility (i.e able to support more than just 1 or 2 very rare and old devices).
I do not have an x86 device with wireless capability, and therefore:
- I have no way of testing viability of including wireless drivers
- I have no personal interest in doing so (it doesn't help me!)
It is also impractical to imagine that i (or anyone else) would have a device that has every type of wireless device in it. So, how do we decide what drivers to include and which ones not to? We can't practically test all of them.
This is an open source project. You (or anyone else) have the ability to download the source, customise it, include the drivers you want, test it, and let someone know if it works (or doesn't).
If someone sent me a pull request tomorrow which included iwlwifi by default and said "i've tested this and it works great", i'd merge it in a heartbeat (assuming they're not talking rubbish).
If next week someone sent me one saying that ath10k works as well, i'd merge that too.
What i'm getting at is, the community (that includes you) can't just sit there with your hands out and stomp your feet when it doesn't work. Help me to help you.
If someone wants to help:
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https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargo ... /README.md
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https://github.com/ericpaulbishop/gargo ... IBUTING.md
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https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... umentation
If that doesn't work for you, you can try taking it up with Eric if you like. He may be more or less sympathetic to the issue and may have more time to look at it than me. He's the authority. I just took this up as a hobby.
Now administratively, please keep the posts kind and on topic.
One final note: iwlwifi appears to only support AP mode in 2.4GHz (not 5GHz) in linux. So make sure you measure your expectations before going further with the ddwrt or openwrt routes.