Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 15:52:19 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Ubiquiti SR71-E (ar9280) support? Or, maybe, other Mini-PCIe high-power WiFi card? Message-ID: <1813166089.20110516155219@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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Hello, Freebsd-wireless. I want to upgrade my Router/WiFI AP from Soekris net5501 with MiniPCI WiFi (Senao high-power card with Atheros 5413) to net6501, which requires Mini-PCIe card. It seems, that only Mini-PCIe card with high output power (more than standard 100mW) is Ubiquiti SR71-E with Atheros 9280 chipset. As it is 802.11n with 2x2 MIMO, and there is no official support for 802.11n in FreeBSD, I have several questions: (1) Will it work as 802.11g in 8-STABLE? (2) As far as I can see, 802.11n is semi-supported in HEAD. Will it be ready in 9.0-RELEASE? Will it be backported to 8-STABLE branch? And almost unrelated question: am I right, that Ubiquiti SR71-E is now only card, which is more powerful than standard ones and has Mini-PCIe connection? There were a lot of high-power (up to 1000mW) cards with Mini-PCI, but I can not find anything for Mini-PCIe. Thank you. --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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