From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 07:25:37 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 9F4CFFDF for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:25:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com (mail-wg0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F028FC13 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:25:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id 12so2388136wgh.31 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:25:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nbVQpoGFDy9/uirm7w46bQY3kEQQJZdS3dD/wIHxH74=; b=oPB0lxi32uY1O4wYla2vJXTUQ5DLQgi+OaEkxKNITOjLIGJa4cUK1uyxS7IW8+pFIp yOsMxk39KWo5WSNP+7g2GQrsNAN3gqQoR6yrKQXWwPdDKhP+ZXWLhnz3chH7QShGkiqL +EYRz+AGy/VlT6GdpQs4mzQLbLSBMO1PnIra2nhgtzq81fxGBiCnzneOGxj2ojgY1R5T VQOkBx8zTbRibtiGjcjFQI0I48c+l5boQ8/v6Uvq4tArwy5Ty6/cLYOQSnLc70diEqQF p9ukM59dS90U1C+/KQaCieDEYUUhxyDdAeRPNFWcuT2zDIKeBX/gw5aXaQNhgz10Lm/s 06AA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.179.34 with SMTP id dd2mr15242450wjc.1.1355729135860; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:25:35 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.217.57.9 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:25:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121216.185304.164.5@DOMY-PC> References: <20121216.143815.770.4@DOMY-PC> <20121216.185304.164.5@DOMY-PC> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:25:35 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: GhGnacCN9bEGp_iS6nS0nOSzE9E Message-ID: Subject: Re: Atheros chip for FreeBSD Access Point From: Adrian Chadd To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:25:37 -0000 On 16 December 2012 10:53, wrote: > Thank you Adrian You're welcome! > So you've said: 'AR9280' > It's only bug is: > -- > baseband hangs? > -- > Whatever it means. ;) The baseband occasionally needs poking. don't worry, the workarounds are in the driver. ;) > At which aspects is 'AR9280' inferior to 'AR9287'? Well, the AR9287 is a newer chip and it supports a few new things - most importantly, short-GI in HT20 mode. But honestly, the AR9280 is a nice NIC if you need a PCIe NIC. If you can find a dual-band AR9220 NIC (ie, not an AR9223) then it's a good PCI NIC. Adrian