From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mon Feb 5 04:02:58 2018 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7967EEDABC for <freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 04:02:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43CC68069E for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 04:02:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.5_1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from [212.73.125.240] (HELO admin.sibptus.transneft.ru) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 39928337 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 09:58:04 +0600 Received: from admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w1542q3w048246 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:02:54 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w1542nb1048244 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:02:49 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.transneft.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:02:49 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Looking for a Wireless NIC with 802.11ac or 802.11n support Message-ID: <20180205040249.GA47952@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 04:02:58 -0000 Dear Colleagues, 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? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859