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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2017 18:20:15 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To:        Goo Gle <gsync2@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Good board/router for testing TDMA?
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Hi,

No, the single chip wifi SoCs aren't AR9280. It skipped those.

-a


On 8 September 2017 at 16:14, Goo Gle <gsync2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
>
> Oh, I see. I'll look for some Intel based board with mPCIe. Maybe the
> Minnowboard Turbot, Up Squared or the AMD based PC Engines boards Ruben
> mentioned (thank you!).
>
> Since I'm still researching, I'd still like to continue searching for a
> single SoC solution as well. Do you know of any SoCs that're AR9280 based?
>
> Thank you!
> Alana
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recommend experimenting with some intel CPU thing with mini-pcie and
>> a mini-pcie AR9280.
>>
>> AR9331 is AR9380 based, so it won't work righ tnow, sorry!
>>
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 8 September 2017 at 10:58, Goo Gle <gsync2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Adrian,
>> >
>> > Thank you for the advice! Do you know of any boards that use the AR9280
>> > or
>> > is it recommended to find a supported host board and install an AR9280
>> > mPCIe
>> > card into it?
>> >
>> > I found the following pages:
>> > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/Carambola2
>> > http://shop.8devices.com/wifi4things/carambola2-DVK
>> >
>> > This board seems to be supported and can be purchased. However, it only
>> > supports the 2.4 GHz band. Other than that, it seems great:
>> > - Single AR9331 SoC that can run FreeBSD with built-in Wi-Fi.
>> > - GPIO since I hope to control some switches from the board as well.
>> >
>> > Do you have experience with this board or do you know of anything
>> > similar
>> > that also supports 5 GHz?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Alana
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hi!
>> >>
>> >> For now, stick with AR9280 devices. AR9380 and later doesn't work well
>> >> due to chip design :(
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -adrian
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 7 September 2017 at 20:42, Goo Gle <gsync2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > I'd like to test some long distance Wi-Fi links (a few kilometers)
>> >> > and
>> >> > heard that FreeBSD has built-in support for TDMA which enables these
>> >> > types
>> >> > of links. I'm admittedly new to FreeBSD and would like to know what's
>> >> > a
>> >> > good board/router that's well supported by FreeBSD. Something
>> >> > relatively
>> >> > cheap and supports at least 802.11n (both 2.4 and 5 GHz) would be
>> >> > great!
>> >> > I'm based in USA if it affects availability.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you,
>> >> > Alana
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