From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 18:47:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D5A51065670 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:47:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emiel@vandelaar.name) Received: from mx0.rednode.nl (spitfire.rednode.nl [80.69.81.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E944F8FC0C for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sub.lan (a83-163-144-246.adsl.xs4all.nl [83.163.144.246]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx0.rednode.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 974D8618E2; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:32:18 +0200 (CEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Emiel van de Laar In-Reply-To: <4C3BD793.8020808@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:32:16 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2D3A1D07-6443-417E-8A35-B063988B01C6@vandelaar.name> References: <4C3BD793.8020808@comcast.net> To: Nathan Lay X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: D-Link DWA-556 and hostap X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:47:53 -0000 On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:03 AM, Nathan Lay wrote: > Hi list, > I read that the D-Link DWA-556 uses the AR5008 chipset. Anyone using = it? Does it work well for hostap (at least for 11g)? I'm a bit unsure = because I've read that AR5008 has hardware bugs. However, I am a fan of = ath(4) ... it has served me well in the past. However, I'm considering = building a Mini ITX system that has only one PCI-E x4 slot. My choices = seem to be DWA-556 (AR5008) and Asus PCE-N13 (RT2860), both of which are = PCI-E x1 cards. >=20 > How about Marvell-based wireless cards (mwl(4))? I haven't been able = to find any card with a Marvell chipset in it! I got a D-Link DWA-556 a couple of days ago. Works fine for me in 11g = mode. Have not tried hostap. ath0: mem 0xfd9f0000-0xfd9fffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on = pci4 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF2133 phy 8.1 I'm running 8.1-RC2 now. Hoping for 11n driver support soon. ;) Cheers, - Emiel van de Laar