Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:21:26 +0000 From: <sbremal@hotmail.com> To: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 Message-ID: <DUB126-W43F0B419CDF24EB61CD106A9130@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmokd7gw4jPauNrdniPz4tDaU5CDGatzUcSFXV7c6ShJdOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <DUB104-W3905489EA599FF96F1B45EA9140@phx.gbl>, <CAJ-Vmo=6gwpD8f9d%2BeBF6g%2Bdv%2B10zK-VMnmoLg=OhUWgB8ADpA@mail.gmail.com>, <DUB104-W51C406FC6259BE4A3E0A76A9140@phx.gbl>, <CAJ-Vmokd7gw4jPauNrdniPz4tDaU5CDGatzUcSFXV7c6ShJdOw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi
Hardware notes are fairly succinct about particular hardware for the 'ath' driver:
3.5 Wireless Network Interfaces
[i386,pc98,amd64,sparc64] The
ath(4) driver
supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except those that are based on the AR5005VL
chipset.
For other drivers ('ipw', 'iwi' etc.) there is a list of HW that I can readily order. Do you plan to add such list also for 'ath'?
Is there any advantage of choosing Atheros based card and using 'ath' over Intel and 'ipw'.
I found it cumbersome to map Atheros chipsets to PCIe cards, most of the time this info is hidden from the adapters data sheet. I must be completely on the wrong way. I would expect 10 min. to pick a PCIe WLAN card from the Freebsd HW notes, order it, plug it in, configure and enjoy. Like with LAN cards, hard disks etc. What do I do wrong?
Cheers
Balazs
________________________________
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1
> From: adrian@freebsd.org
> To: sbremal@hotmail.com
> CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Anything that has an Atheros chip on it, is pcie and does 11abg is
> fine. 2315/2417/5414 should all be fine.
>
>
>
> -adrian
>
>
> On 30 September 2013 06:29,
> <sbremal@hotmail.com<mailto:sbremal@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> Thanks, any particular HW that you would recommend? Do not mind if it
> is not the fastest with the latest features though want 'zero' network
> outage.
>
> I believe there were cards you plugged in and you were happy with.
> Which card has which chipset is not always obvious on the major
> shopping sites.
>
>
> Thanks
> Balazs
>
> ________________________________
> > Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:13:54 -0700
> > Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1
> > From: adrian@freebsd.org<mailto:adrian@freebsd.org>
> > To: sbremal@hotmail.com<mailto:sbremal@hotmail.com>
> > CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org<mailto:freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > The most stable PCIe WLAN NICs by far will be the 802.11abg Atheros
> > devices. The 11n stuff became stable in 10.0.
> >
> >
> > -adrian
> >
> >
> > On 30 September 2013 06:10,
> >
> <sbremal@hotmail.com<mailto:sbremal@hotmail.com><mailto:sbremal@hotmail.com<mailto:sbremal@hotmail.com>>>
> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > Would anyone recommend a PCIe WLAN card for 8.1? It is for a production
> > machine so stability is of prime importance.
> >
> > Honestly, a bit confused what HW to pick after going through 'Hardware
> > Matrix' at
> > 'https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport'.
> >
> > I do not want to upgrade to release 9 ... unless it is really necessary.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Balazs
> > _______________________________________________
> >
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