Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 06:45:50 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Abcd Efgh <sbremal@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokFS=ipJTVPf8AYhUY8RYS4fbbOqTdmFxgT5%2BB5uA5etg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DUB126-W43F0B419CDF24EB61CD106A9130@phx.gbl> 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> <DUB126-W43F0B419CDF24EB61CD106A9130@phx.gbl>
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The problem is that there's a lot of them.
If someone wants to tackle this, I'm all ears. :-)
-adrian
On 7 October 2013 05:21, <sbremal@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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