From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 27 16:17:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF88B10A for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7795CF99 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.82) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1XXugN-000hI2-LL>; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:17:15 +0200 Received: from g224249072.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.224.249.72] helo=thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.82) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1XXugN-001SVR-J7>; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:17:15 +0200 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:17:14 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" To: Warren Block Subject: Re: WiFi 802.11/ac PCIe supported adaptor Message-ID: <20140927181714.67692816.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20140927143830.1d25968f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Organization: FU Berlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/Z7.=unoGS+IutWFPWrSsaRL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-IP: 92.224.249.72 X-ZEDAT-Hint: A Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebd.org, FreeBSD CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:17:18 -0000 --Sig_/Z7.=unoGS+IutWFPWrSsaRL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:41:56 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block schrieb: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014, O. Hartmann wrote: >=20 > > > > I'm looking for a replacemnt for my 802.11g WiFi PCIe adaptor card and = want to > > replace it with an 802.11ac adaptor. > > > > Since I made very bad experiences with CURRENT and support of modest mo= dern hardware > > (Haswell CPU/Intel 7260 DualBand WiFi NIC), I'd like to ask here first. > > > > I found this PCIe adaptor card attractive: > > > > GigaByte Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I > > > > I can not find ad hoc the WLAN chip used on that specific card, but may= be someone has > > experiences with that litte board. >=20 > Newegg reviews say this is an Intel 7260HMW: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16813995032&Tpk=3DN= 82E16813995032 >=20 > I don't know if that is supported on FreeBSD yet. >=20 > PCIe to mini-PCIe adapters like that can be found separately, allowing=20 > the use of any mini-PCIe card. I've successfully tested an Atheros=20 > AR9280 card in one. Thats a pity. I have already this WiFi adaptor in a Lenovo E540 laptop and = it isn't supported by CURRENT. Some rumours say it is supposed to be supported by iw= l() in the future.=20 --Sig_/Z7.=unoGS+IutWFPWrSsaRL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUJuMLAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8rIMH/iP2+OIr+ApbOlJQabq0/mSo kz0y1tgmU4yLA3e5IF5wDF1tywnOPvLjnPuHwtV7gMqkYv7XTlqGrElUyFi10xSC uT7xKgNKHLMsoaLOZA4RJWayZ25xZ9+Lv/ZwjEE4hZco6X2NArTDARSIv1+SjcBb DLVMItc8Omb5z+0C8uNjIovEuuvgvdl1tfZjbXqpnEEq4CiZctlaxYFjCF4KMLEg icte5qdjanUeX3vp80BDOcufkRcVhNWSJUbiwUzZABWLnLBSEjSpU4kU3deGiD6z fxtZEEBHZytvNOkGwVulFiSutD39tYzmJAeQ2VYUZYfTHjbRNdqZEUirkA3XZwU= =4MHV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Z7.=unoGS+IutWFPWrSsaRL--