From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 15:52:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B0A1065680 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:52:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (secure.freebsdsolutions.net [69.55.234.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315918FC12 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.1.32] (office.betterlinux.com [199.58.199.60]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7TFqXtS046322 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:52:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john@jnielsen.net) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.0 \(1486\)) From: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:52:39 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5E2695C7-5D31-4BAC-8155-C7E566E5D335@jnielsen.net> References: To: Sven Hazejager X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1486) X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ns1.jnielsen.net 1117; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.5 at ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Best" wireless MiniPCI card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:52:42 -0000 I have a couple ALIX AP's here as well. I've been very happy with the = Wistron DNMA92 (AR9220) cards that I ordered from pcengines along with = the boards: http://pcengines.ch/dnma92.htm I'm running -CURRENT to keep up with Adrian's improvements but IIRC the = card should be recognized in 9.1 / 9-STABLE. JN On Aug 25, 2012, at 5:19 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > AR5416 is fine; the basic work arounds are in place. >=20 > I suggest the AR9160. >=20 > On 24 August 2012 23:12, Sven Hazejager wrote: >> I am looking to upgrade my ALIX based router/AP with a stable MiniPCI >> 802.11n card that works "best". According to >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport, the = AR9227 >> would make me happy, but I cannot find any NICs that have it. I can >> get a AR5008-based NIC for next to nothing, but it seems to have a >> list of issues...? Any suggestions? Thanks!