From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 26 16:28:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E261065673 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:28:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyko@cykotix.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7952B8FC14 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwr19 with SMTP id 19so4928687iwr.13 for ; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:28:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.47.134 with SMTP id n6mr5170944ibf.7.1309105724549; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:28:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: cyko@cykotix.com Received: by 10.231.30.73 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:28:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [69.133.3.144] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:28:44 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: lB0qcGlf_g0gjkXlgQuTbBydeCY Message-ID: From: Patrick Lahni To: Adrian Chadd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwn -CURRENT drivers on -STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:28:45 -0000 On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 25 June 2011 03:00, Patrick Lahni wrote: > > > End game is I'd like tinker around using it at least in hostap mode. I > > realize 11n is still very much in development and I'm ok with that. Even > > using it as 11g in hostap mode would be a plus until 11n catches up. As > of > > now, hostap isn't supported on my card in -stable, at least that's what > > dmesg tells me when I try. I'd love to help test this if it was possible > to > > use -current for just those modules and -stable for the rest of the > machine. > > I think the problem with the iwn NICs here is we're limited to what > the firmware supports, and I don't -think- the firmware even supports > hostap mode. > > Your best bet is what everyone else seems to do, use an ath(4) NIC. :) > > Bernhard's making some great progress with iwn and 11n in STA mode though. > > > Adrian > Yea, that's what I just ended up doing. Just purchased a AR9280 half-height mini pci-e to install on my itx board. I'm hoping this will do what I want - dual band 11gn hostap (or at least just 11g hostap). Live and learn. Thanks for the input! Patrick