From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 23:35:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A72BC3 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:35:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russiane39@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f44.google.com (mail-oa0-f44.google.com [209.85.219.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5667F0 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id h1so3958749oag.31 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:34:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=PWxUwxGyNR1kbcImJpIdJ1GjASV92d62/mU5Vye8yZo=; b=LtCz/qcQtUewMmuvKqAtQnPXYNl1O3yF5nk467p1QgPSsnXYNjska5mBUkIQnv3+jx eBxXArM9OwRVwqJpMvGQnmTfyIRtL+Nh5YowBrLhhpLgZttDbmsxqeCj7ETN7giP7uE9 otJHvFZ9G6mDXfMQLtvXDyWLl/+oPkaIwO3Gebsh9Y2cvpn5cYDiaFP37rFmdlMw0u7h 8IBHSzGLkisIq8tD0K7EDjMR4JdK/+iqSSRjD91qJ6IIjL0igoyG8BbG6NJhLeZNzyIJ 563MSeDq7zo2TAQTTm5Ko5SMrmaKsow3p4a08g1W/PA8FdAKOKDwxvDfxH+WtbAaaqul 0Uiw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.173.199 with SMTP id bm7mr6461794oec.108.1365982494810; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.121.232 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:34:54 +0400 Message-ID: Subject: AR9380 in hostAP mode. The success story From: Mike To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:35:01 -0000 Hello! First of all - I should say BIG thanks to all developers of FreeBSD which worked hard on implementation of 802.11n stack, and especially the "IronMan" Adrian Chadd, which did so much great work on Atheros support in FreeBSD. When I read March digest of -wireless, I saw message from Adrian Chadd about adding experimental support of AR9830. Immediately I've decided to try it, so I bought two AR9380 pci-E NICs and assembled test box to replace my home router with it. So, in some hours -HEAD were installed, git repository with HAL cloned, everything patched and installed. I was impressed, that hostAP mode is worked from first try. Although, there is currently some issues, like low TX power, stability problems (I wasn't able to get more than ~36hours of uptime still), the -HEAD with mpd5 ->l2tp tunnel and experimental AR9380 support could really serve as home router. My configuration consists of two cards in same box to provide coverage for 2.4 and 5Ghz bands simultaneously in hostAP mode. I'm checking functionality with very different clients, starting from 802.11b old Nokia phone and ending with latest Intel 3T3R MIMO cards. I'll get into more detail in next mails. -- With best regards from Russia, Mike