From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 09:12:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CAA9106566B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:12:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mjl@luckie.org.nz) Received: from mailfilter31.ihug.co.nz (mailfilter31.ihug.co.nz [203.109.136.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 009738FC12 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:12:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=tm9qpUR5xacA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pOqw4vtHAW4xfxCD90uk0Q==:17 a=FpT0U-pAAAAA:8 a=aICdAxSOBveVTKwIbzoA:9 a=mJbu7byZv_bL78LjGjgA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=nPVq8361FmUA:10 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAFtmBU92XAcO/2dsb2JhbAApGqx1gQaCMR4iPRYYAwIBAgEnGBkIAQGHfiOVV58liHeDGgSVBY4AhEpW X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,461,1320577200"; d="scan'208";a="80588359" Received: from 118-92-7-14.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz (HELO spandex.luckie.org.nz) ([118.92.7.14]) by cust.filter2.content.vf.net.nz with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 05 Jan 2012 21:59:24 +1300 Received: from mylar.luckie.org.nz ([192.168.1.24]) by spandex.luckie.org.nz with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1RijAR-000JJ9-JZ for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:59:23 +1300 Message-ID: <4F056691.4060403@luckie.org.nz> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:01 +1300 From: Matthew Luckie User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111231 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: minipcie wifi card X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:12:59 -0000 Hi I'd like to create a freebsd AP using my mini-itx board. I have a mini-pcie expansion slot and am considering this wifi card http://www.habeyusa.com/products_show.php?id=361 I currently run 8.2R but plan to upgrade to 9.0R. The main concern I have is that it lists its host interface as mini-pcie / USB, i.e. it might be a wifi card that is exposed to the system over a USB bus, which might not be optimal for a hostap. The docs say Atheros AR9285(MAC/Baseband/RF) with AR3011 -- I tend to think the AR3011 is an error in their docs as the card is not advertised as supporting bluetooth, and because an AR9285 is apparently exposed over PCIe, I tend to think the card will work fine as an hostap, but just want to double check. Anyone have any insight? Matthew