From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 9 17:17:47 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B69D04957 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2017 17:17:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounce+c6e953.b1b642-freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@home.dimapanov.com) Received: from mail2.static.mailgun.info (mail2.static.mailgun.info [104.130.122.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4894828 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2017 17:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounce+c6e953.b1b642-freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@home.dimapanov.com) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=home.dimapanov.com; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1489079864; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: CC: To: MIME-Version: Reply-To: From: Date: Message-ID: Sender; bh=8OclYm8jzTQb5hLQo7yBUCjgj5MsLliaiCchqYyK1dI=; b=TEQrZFleKf0LAY0KxVJiP/Zv5H+Dl7xEsighpCzk2vqxJNc68H24tnZj/kVHePEz6J0bNr+3 VrFvUNiEKhTVG9KbatZWRfMmb80G4iZwkoKsxast2usWR9g3ARDR984K6pH56Z3H3AMlbNgD n5/76Au0Gc1ptU1S43D2vXaKNgc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=home.dimapanov.com; s=smtp; q=dns; h=Sender: Message-ID: Date: From: Reply-To: MIME-Version: To: CC: Subject: References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bZ9hhU+oy5k1YFZUEheU3UM0N+rycUa4K9/dRB7i+YuaRxW6dpH/MdSzmJ0tOJmYi4sMRh drYPqaJDVdnDbxKe8zr8aUUBZAHM8YY5eG/h8EyOQgLcFSR6utK0Kb/q1OeCf4KbZcqQ44EP eLN5G+6JhjlmuZmVcjBK9KMmpFX+I= Sender: fluffy=freebsd.org@home.dimapanov.com X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 104.130.122.2 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyJhM2Y4ZiIsICJmcmVlYnNkLXF1ZXN0aW9uc0BmcmVlYnNkLm9yZyIsICJiMWI2NDIiXQ== Received: from MBPR-Fluffy.local (host.198.ipoe3.subnets.khb.ttkdv.ru [5.8.203.198]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 58c17ff3.7f0d1423da78-smtp-out-n01; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:16:51 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 02:16:43 +1000 From: Dima Panov Reply-To: fluffy@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Postbox 5.0.11 (Macintosh/20170302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ernie Luzar CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: WIFI as access point References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.2.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:17:47 -0000 Ernie Luzar wrote: > Hello List; > > I have this wifi card > http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-express-desktop-adapter > > > I recovered it from a decommissioned win7 box. On win7 this wifi card > could only be used to connect to a router access point. > > If I add this wifi card to my FreeBSD 11.0 system can it be configured > to function as an access point? This card is fully support by ath driver as "AR5418 Wireless Network Adapter". Copmlete examples with various AP setup described in manual page for driver. -- Dima Panov (fluffy@FreeBSD.org) (X11, KDE, Office)@FreeBSD team Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fluffy.khv twitter: fluffy_khv | skype: dima.panov | telegram: @dima_panov IRC: fluffy@EFNet, fluffykhv@FreeNode