Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 12:37:04 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Looking for a Wireless NIC with 802.11ac or 802.11n support Message-ID: <20180206053704.GA12205@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2sE9RUGnsiFjq6QaQpmHJk0KOnZEyXUW0=HeStWBQAPQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20180205040249.GA47952@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <CA%2BtpaK2sE9RUGnsiFjq6QaQpmHJk0KOnZEyXUW0=HeStWBQAPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More wrote: > > > > I'm looking for an internal Wi-Fi NIC with support for > > > > 1. 802.11n or better 802.11ac > > 2. HOSTAP mode > > 3. 5 GHz band (better both 2GHz and 5GHz). > > > > for an AP running FreeBSD. > > > > A USB NIC would do too, but a PCI-E is preferable. > > > > Could you please advise a good one? > > > > I've been told that I have a rather narrow choice between ath(4), > > mwl(4) and ral(4) NICs. Is that correct? > > > > > I have a later model ath and it works well for 2 and 5 Ghz. Dear Adam, Can you please tell the exact model of your ath card, and also post the output of "ifconfig ... list caps" about this card to see if it supports HOSTAP mode? > My iwm which > supposedly supports 5 GHz doesn't work there but is okay at 2. Same about your iwm. Thank you in advance. > > I have no experience with HOSTAP mode. Running "ifconfig ... list caps" may show HOSTAP support. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859
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