Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:40:03 +0200 From: Thomas Westfeld <thomas.westfeld@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Robust 802.11n PCIe card Message-ID: <660B6727-114E-4168-8B2D-4E8183B85A0C@gmail.com>
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Hello all, I am planning to build my own FreeBSD server for storage. The main connectivity will be over gigabit ethernet, however I also need wireless connectivity. I habe checked the hardware compatibility list of the FreeBSD 9 release and found various chipsets and drivers for PCIe mini, but it seems hard to find a robust PCI-E card with the following requirements: 1. 802.11n support (300 Mb/s) 2. Ideally a standard size PCIe card, not a PCIe mini (how good are the adaptors to convert PCIe mini to PCIe? Would that work, too?) 3. Furthermore a dual band support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz would be desirable. And of course it should work under FreeBSD. Are there any recommendations? I know that point 3 is not that easy. I have seen on the homepages, that there is active driver development for the ath9k chipset family in progress, but I cannot judge how stable it is. Thanks for your help Thomashelp
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