From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Mar 14 18:13:53 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F153FD0C942 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:13:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x243.google.com (mail-io0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA445CEE; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:13:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x243.google.com with SMTP id n76so746367ioe.1; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:13:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=33plYjL8zJYAT2swaW00kyNC0aoEj7aYobZPuxLtcdM=; b=lxVAffzjQdJimPh6zX2qa5TgIk+zjzjKiFrCUD8iUoX3CICEvLUb3C1R9K7m1AevVz jMgycMvdXRIjgmkrgcPj3Ib3iPTgmRTDR5WftFQwnNZpNxfRcdaYLEKOQbu1y465syR9 9Y16uasHOmiBKPYkpLJGTaUlNK2OC2Q65grV+Pcypd+8cnpzO2Ybi7eKhoYNYhsRjxZk XwnCqbXVzwPExpywYcPiHftLzxgVKe2gzFttR6oHNLSFYGIdqCeUtm4KGrKgIYEaabIr 2rS/MDhOoT265c0vgbdmnfsLAHOphs1BFZriRd2ikDGgH17mw6tTc1aCrGRVniGRaSrI dD6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=33plYjL8zJYAT2swaW00kyNC0aoEj7aYobZPuxLtcdM=; b=IUff39/pN49oFOVIFfIsdV3DM1eLBlIJQbA/VN9zFjl0iIuJC4Ksayrzxhq/ctrxR5 JIaLZko40GfqERlaXFO7e1hKf8Q+yyuYlMKSTW/cwoDUP+oxK0HfdbjejAzGbMsUqqip UROPtLIYSo7lWnc+qaYkt0C4p0Ce0igGIqXqAtFPVZsAnPesc/NFbpEqm+YtqvvVmrAH SdC9gMxtW//JhaeMwT/H1o1jj3s+vPjTXYtl1kdJIWGyg9xI4dAPrPD0m+Wac+YFnXKz Op1XftA2Rv+0mXB0Ybv7kAB7LCkKj0mBMca/TeAJuUoEReIPTPwOe4FZ5DrdKSE+vlkZ AOEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H01AJtp+pvDRDQsguQbPLKmtFGizLucYBqXuJYTrpcCU7e6KM2nQi+fi/eBiGGQqA== X-Received: by 10.107.46.198 with SMTP id u67mr1448208iou.8.1489515233018; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:13:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.104] (cpe-65-25-53-157.neo.res.rr.com. [65.25.53.157]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id l5sm5499713ita.13.2017.03.14.11.13.52 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:13:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <58C832F0.40409@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:14:08 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fluffy@FreeBSD.org CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: WIFI as access point References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:13:54 -0000 Dima Panov wrote: > > Ernie Luzar wrote: >> Hello List; >> >> I have this wifi card >> http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-express-desktop-adapter >> >> >> I recovered it from a decommissioned win7 box. On win7 this wifi card >> could only be used to connect to a router access point. >> >> If I add this wifi card to my FreeBSD 11.0 system can it be configured >> to function as an access point? > > This card is fully support by ath driver as "AR5418 Wireless Network > Adapter". > Complete examples with various AP setup described in manual page for driver. > > You were correct, I now have this card functioning as a client getting connected to my Cisco wifi router. The next step is to reconfigure it into a access point. But I have a question about how to determine what the connection speed is? Could not find any information on "connection speed" in the handbook or the man pages. Can someone please point me to where this information can be found. When this card was in a win7 box the connection speed showed as 130Mbps and network mode N. The ath man page seems to be saying network mode G is the last one supported. Is that really saying that network mode N is not supported by this driver? Thanks