From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 01:43:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A64F1065670 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:43:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com (mail-wg0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD6E8FC0C for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:43:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so1931159wgb.1 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=gKIQONqL93RJXHGOfan/Ebw/v89OwNX1x5LA9A0lVNg=; b=c0r3iq3RvSxykG3UPo+9Uhgnbrxf74bm2V6CKzS7NboGZwhE463ZAtU7m+Bu8fKhLo qP9S36M3RCdm8tk62UfYoRe4MT/1GYnN20YQ/nHZ9P++kUuTPpcC60LmlN0QO3wDs1us zWmuGAMCwqtQWyjXVpijT6L+KKdn9Z80HI7SqxN+JlRbxNlf29DvsNJD0S09kiZgYExg Il0oiEfLZcuZe9Snq27QENiFzuGEWvfEDSUfL0Lcp4bEQ0gfnXLO45QBlhSWu0V0hUwc yB7o5L3LGXkBxLB2W9XUtaA4mi9Zvf5qRAO7Fz2Z7XO7W6OECnHgWq7DvbJ6efQM39oy +y6Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.96.3 with SMTP id do3mr5816403wib.5.1348364614328; Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.183.2 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <505E462E.2090200@a1poweruser.com> References: <505E462E.2090200@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 Message-ID: From: Waitman Gobble To: Fbsd8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: wifi drivers support for "n" standard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:43:42 -0000 On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have 3 usb wifi sticks. > One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. > The other 2 support the "n" standard for faster connection speed between > the usb stick and the network AP. > These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. > Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for "n" standard > yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi > driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-** > unsubscribe@freebsd.org " > Hi, According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063&view=markup). Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 US. If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA