From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 14:25:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194E7FB8 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:25:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com (mail-wi0-f172.google.com [209.85.212.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9679C8FC08 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:25:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hq12so2726173wib.13 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:25:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=vZJ1/YogFv5i1yRep2CiwD/mF+Grcg66oa1AAySYyZU=; b=AuIVqnJUmGaZ9NqTWDe1PR63iZux80d/rcInhDjD20Sxt3L2FH5ne0WpLVbCtMiFbL zasAt/gjXPuuwy3Q6ZvpGQ2r5iY0PlQnbKKR65YnNvOqU1Lx2SdGSmvoY6AqCdLal8um 7O2jmzpO+hrSl5VrSZGfiyRmATKlQqZ7oBEBnLz/yohw5pdWKo8Z1zUjCuvXQxNKZ+Lk qFLnCYx8Mzc0dF9k0lup03t8RFqpmfTQ/hH5OohmG3fyTxQfeDZ9ChXUUMQ4aee7nRvz sSYTkHfzVwOQynV+zenVAJ+/GgFTSwx9Y2lcoykTNjnQPPZ1OVvq9WbEFRtsKs0gABcG hyTQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.217.38 with SMTP id h38mr15673319wep.82.1351607100627; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.156.14 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.156.14 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:25:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <508F6C3D.5030104@gmail.com> References: <508F6C3D.5030104@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:25:00 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hardware recommendations, not "enterprise" budget. From: Waitman Gobble To: Joshua Isom Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:25:02 -0000 On Oct 29, 2012 10:57 PM, "Joshua Isom" wrote: > > Soon I'll be purchasing a wireless N card for my current FreeBSD system since I'm not yet ready to add ethernet to my house. What would be the current recommendations for using wireless N on FreeBSD? My router is a Linksys E2000, which supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz but not concurrently. Supporting 5GHz is a strong preference but I doubt I'll have much luck getting everything else to work at 5GHz. > > I'm also thinking of an HTPC. For low power and mostly silent hardware, what's the best? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi Joshua, >From my experience an Atheros or Ralink chipset is generally going to be the best way to go. Not sure about your system, or what type of device you are considering, but if its going to be a USB dongle id go with Ralink chipset device. Waitman Gobble San Jose California