Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:20:55 -0600 From: Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Software for building an 802.11ac AP? Message-ID: <EEDFC054-059F-4B80-8737-04ADEDD4E7FB@netgate.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomacNxLTVb68r7gwd29AUbXxH5mLZ8-wLaUqrNdwNwsFQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20131221190557.GZ1556@egr.msu.edu> <CAJ-VmomacNxLTVb68r7gwd29AUbXxH5mLZ8-wLaUqrNdwNwsFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi! >=20 > Well, there's a bunch of updated intel hardware with mini-pcie slots. > I think pcengines just did a hardware refresh, for example? It=92s not done yet. =91beta=92 boards for the PC Engines =93APU=94 = platform (http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm) are out, (we have one) but = nobody has volume yet, and nobody *really* knows when volume might be available. My best = guess is March 2013, plus or minus a month. There are other platforms (based on Intel=92s Avocet/Rangeley C2K core) = which should be out in similar timeframes. > We should put together a list of those and then make sure -HEAD at = least works on them. The coming 2.2 version of pfSense is based on FreeBSD 10. It=92s = limping now, and should be available about the same timeframe as the APU and other boards (above). I don=92t think we=92ve = completed the integration for 802.11n, but I don=92t anticipate a lot of trouble, either. Getting from 10-RELASE to -HEAD shouldn=92t represent too large a jump. = (Famous last words.) > That's a good starting point. >=20 > After that - the problem is a lack of 11ac drivers and framework > support in FreeBSD. It'll come, but ENOTIME at the moment. this is the largest issue, I think. >=20 >=20 > -a >=20 >=20 > On 21 December 2013 11:05, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> = wrote: >> Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac >> access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on >> future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly >> antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was = thinking >> minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone >> have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the >> lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom = software >> build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such = projects >> for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy >> to facilitate this. Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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