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[67.198.60.238]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id si9sm18231347oeb.8.2013.12.21.11.21.27 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 21 Dec 2013 11:21:28 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: Re: Software for building an 802.11ac AP? From: Jim Thompson In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 13:20:55 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20131221190557.GZ1556@egr.msu.edu> To: Adrian Chadd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) Cc: Adam McDougall , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 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: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:21:43 -0000 On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! >=20 > Well, there's a bunch of updated intel hardware with mini-pcie slots. > I think pcengines just did a hardware refresh, for example? It=92s not done yet. =91beta=92 boards for the PC Engines =93APU=94 = platform (http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm) are out, (we have one) but = nobody has volume yet, and nobody *really* knows when volume might be available. My best = guess is March 2013, plus or minus a month. There are other platforms (based on Intel=92s Avocet/Rangeley C2K core) = which should be out in similar timeframes. > We should put together a list of those and then make sure -HEAD at = least works on them. The coming 2.2 version of pfSense is based on FreeBSD 10. It=92s = limping now, and should be available about the same timeframe as the APU and other boards (above). I don=92t think we=92ve = completed the integration for 802.11n, but I don=92t anticipate a lot of trouble, either. Getting from 10-RELASE to -HEAD shouldn=92t represent too large a jump. = (Famous last words.) > That's a good starting point. >=20 > After that - the problem is a lack of 11ac drivers and framework > support in FreeBSD. It'll come, but ENOTIME at the moment. this is the largest issue, I think. >=20 >=20 > -a >=20 >=20 > On 21 December 2013 11:05, Adam McDougall = wrote: >> Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac >> access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on >> future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly >> antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was = thinking >> minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone >> have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the >> lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom = software >> build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such = projects >> for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy >> to facilitate this. Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"