Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 19:44:56 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Looking for a Wireless NIC with 802.11ac or 802.11n support Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2eNaRf11Y8-fFN0zmY1NbCXeJ_KPwXfczFkRBwnKU%2B%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20180206053704.GA12205@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180205040249.GA47952@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <CA%2BtpaK2sE9RUGnsiFjq6QaQpmHJk0KOnZEyXUW0=HeStWBQAPQ@mail.gmail.com> <20180206053704.GA12205@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru>
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On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:37 PM, Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > > > I'm looking for an internal Wi-Fi NIC with support for > > > > > > 1. 802.11n or better 802.11ac > > > 2. HOSTAP mode > > > 3. 5 GHz band (better both 2GHz and 5GHz). > > > > > > for an AP running FreeBSD. > > > > > > A USB NIC would do too, but a PCI-E is preferable. > > > > > > Could you please advise a good one? > > > > > > I've been told that I have a rather narrow choice between ath(4), > > > mwl(4) and ral(4) NICs. Is that correct? > > > > > > > > I have a later model ath and it works well for 2 and 5 Ghz. > > Dear Adam, > > Can you please tell the exact model of your ath card, and also post > the output of "ifconfig ... list caps" about this card to see if it > supports HOSTAP mode? > > > My iwm which > > supposedly supports 5 GHz doesn't work there but is okay at 2. > > Same about your iwm. Thank you in advance. > > > > I have no experience with HOSTAP mode. > > Running "ifconfig ... list caps" may show HOSTAP support. > My ath info: ath0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x21161a3b chip=0x0034168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Qualcomm Atheros' device = 'AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter' class = network drivercaps=4f8def41<STA,FF,IBSS,PMGT,HOSTAP,AHDEMO,TXPMGT,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,BURST,WME,WDS,TXFRAG> cryptocaps=1f<WEP,TKIP,AES,AES_CCM,TKIPMIC> htcaps=701ef<LDPC,CHWIDTH40,SHORTGI20,SHORTGI40,TXSTBC> iwm: iwm0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10108086 chip=0x24fd8086 rev=0x78 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Wireless 8265 / 8275' class = network drivercaps=580c201<STA,PMGT,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,WPA1,WPA2,WME> -- Adam
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