From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 16 06:49:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F08E3106568D for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:49:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russell.yount@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com (mail-qy0-f174.google.com [209.85.221.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A600E8FC0C for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so916444qyk.7 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:49:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=mBxO5AByRGskf2UH0Dp08KeFLjYMoSUQ12zqBwr0vBs=; b=fNd3Phb05m7FHpU6Yn+JbugRb/8ZADBk6cKhS4yJ+rr+br5mgtaw72fnLIHdr/BipY kXsKjQfRAajvXpHIcNh6EenFXCESKvSUoTpMAIEN6/qZF3LSqoHNHANfOEG1HLDCLBlb 5KB4DTkHM4I5hVZdIp9o9cjnRqYVzfKjTC894= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=hq0zCfLhD9Q9Xbr7HzwRJeo6y23R5Q5Jxwt23eSaGuG+MFur46yXr0f+1eaqy+bEfc yhgMEBHrzLWERSGfvbcCTH+h1H7t5OlKVK4GYmLAbwc0X3TdRPke+9luPXAvWDPYDyAc eeNLNN4b0BFZb6oVyrXo0XBndT/ks9Y9/35cI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.123.2 with SMTP id n2mr2016196vcr.11.1263624550556; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:49:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B50E33A.7090001@menhennitt.com.au> References: <4B50E33A.7090001@menhennitt.com.au> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:49:10 -0500 Message-ID: From: Russell Yount To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Russell Yount Subject: Re: recommended miniPCI 802.11a/b/g card for Soekris net5501 running FreeBSD 8-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:49:25 -0000 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Graham Menhennitt 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