Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 23:20:53 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi 802.11/ac PCIe supported adaptor Message-ID: <5427A8C5.1010703@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20140928080643.1b5c991b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <20140927143830.1d25968f.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20140927222208.GA20243@e-new.0x20.net> <20140928080643.1b5c991b.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 09/27/14 23:06, O. Hartmann wrote: > Am Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:22:09 +0200 > Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> schrieb: > >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:38:30PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: >>> I'm looking for a replacemnt for my 802.11g WiFi PCIe adaptor card and want to >>> replace it with an 802.11ac adaptor. >>> >>> Since I made very bad experiences with CURRENT and support of modest modern hardware >>> (Haswell CPU/Intel 7260 DualBand WiFi NIC), I'd like to ask here first. >>> >>> I found this PCIe adaptor card attractive: >>> >>> GigaByte Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I >>> >>> I can not find ad hoc the WLAN chip used on that specific card, but maybe someone has >>> experiences with that litte board. >> FreeBSD doensn't support 802.11ac, yet. > I'm bitter aware of that. This OS doesn't support the chipsets, even if they provide also > 11a/g/n. > > We have at our department now a bunch of Lenovo hardware, with Intels 7260 chipset. The > laptops are now runninmg Ubuntu 14.0X something which obviously supports the WiFi chip. > I'm the last man standing with FreeBSD on my private Lenovo :-( This is a serious problem. I'm about ready to install Linux on my laptop as well just to get a usable system. Some kind of funding directed to a willing developer would be hugely valuable for the usability of the operating system on recent hardware. This is probably more important even than Haswell graphics since without a driver, Haswell is merely slow, whereas networking is completely broken. -Nathan
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