Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:49:10 -0500 From: Russell Yount <russell.yount@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Russell Yount <russell.yount@gmail.com> Subject: Re: recommended miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card for Soekris net5501 running FreeBSD 8-STABLE? Message-ID: <c62ff5ca1001152249h36dae55cra8e9fafad7aafb5e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B50E33A.7090001@menhennitt.com.au> References: <4B50E33A.7090001@menhennitt.com.au>
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Graham Menhennitt <graham@menhennitt.com.au > wrote: > I've been trying to get reliable wireless AP functionality in my Soekris > net5501 (http://soekris.com/net5501.htm) box for some time now. In the > past I've reported a problem with it > (http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-stable@freebsd.org/msg105623.html) > that causes it to report "ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count > 4)". I can minimise this by increasing the count but I still get the > problem and the wifi connection is patchy - dropped connections, and low > transfer speeds. So, I think the easiest solution is to get a better > card. Can somebody please recommend any such miniPCI board. > > My existing board is a Wistron Neweb CM9 miniPCI wireless card, > 802.11abg which is based on the Atheros AR5004 chipset. > > Some cards that are easy for me to get are the Wistron Neweb DCMA-81, > 5006 Super AG Atheros 6G which uses Atheros AR5414, and Senao NMP-8602 > PLUS-S / EMP-8602 PLUS-S which uses AR 5006. I can probably source any > others that anybody can suggest, too. > > I'm not after super speed or range, just reliable performance in a > net5501 running FreeBSD 8-STABLE and acting as a wireless access point > using WPA2. > > Thanks for any assistance, > Graham > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have two CM9 and two NL-5354MP miniPCI wireless cards on different Soekris net4521s that do are working fine. Except for the multiple hostapd client broadcast traffic problem I posted on http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-December/053757.html they have shown no problems like you describe on 8.0 or 7.2. Perhaps with the slower CPU the problem does not show up for me, but I would be suprised its your card thats the problem. -Russ
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