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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:01:19 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 802.11b or g compared to n or ac
Message-ID:  <CAJ-VmonQFeR6YLRSuf%2BW_h=gsE5kzAOiKiXn%2BHfDC6me_hWNOg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi!

The stack supports 11n.

There's a bunch of 11n capable PCI/PCIe and USB hardware.

All the Atheros PCI/PCIe 11n hardware is supported.

I'm fixing up the intel support to do 11n "right".

Which version of FreeBSD are you using? You should be running 10.0 for
"working" 11n.



-adrian


On 13 November 2013 13:40, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Is there any support for 802.11n in FreeBSD?
>
> I notice at least some of the drivers support b and g but not n.
>
> This is also true on NetBSD and OpenBSD.
>
> Is this particular to some particular drivers such as rsu and urtwn or is it more general, BSD-wide?
>
> I've been unable to pick up any network scanning from FreeBSD with rsu (Hiro 50191 USB-stick adapter, chipset RTL8191SU).
>
> I wonder if this could be dus to limitations of b and g.
>
> From D-Link
>
> http://resource.dlink.com/articles/buying-guides/router-wireless-adapter-buying-guide/
>
> 802.11b is good for a paperweight,
> 802.11g is good for a replacement paperweight,
> 802.11n is good,
> 802.11ac is better yet.
>
>
> Tom
>
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