From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 7 13:45:51 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96DDBC1E for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:45:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-x22c.google.com (mail-qc0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5564124C3 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:45:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id l13so4844104qcy.31 for ; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:45:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=XnIbuK7po7FG0HPHpdSC+2wSeY89Eg6bA23whAp063U=; b=wqkaMRj4zqi5d12xzuub6b72zhSlw8HYb6E42NIs1tZ0/f/xR4ZdQpBJqxRni1HhWR ibwmZg2NAB9eSVLRL/k7zjzEghYSbqVpixYEKUqE/XlPUiyBFAawcpGkgaWejIEulW2S inSrfB8c/p/lIr64memiyacicSFHkR223DdS5R/0v5CdLTUXsU6fG5owDSHwtjEnb+UG FIzJpIS6kOOXqTJA38Z6I84pA77dSrkLV7VLgW5rQ5RI4gO0To0hdLT+QgcB7f9OXjTp jYnyZDhoomxKITDghuwwEoZLFDAafT5LmKBNSXX9b9DSNCH6yHSZs0NrpDfuELA5Ir5N 3L7A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.103.161 with SMTP id fx1mr36381501qeb.68.1381153550387; Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:45:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.207.66 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 06:45:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 06:45:50 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: BIVq0OBt7qmaQpTpJPuOAVFLees Message-ID: Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 From: Adrian Chadd To: Abcd Efgh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:45:51 -0000 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, 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, > > > 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 > > > To: sbremal@hotmail.com > > > CC: 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>> > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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-unsubscribe@freebsd.org> freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org 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 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 > " >