From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 15:05:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EE6106566B for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@tomster.org) Received: from elektropost.org (elektropost.org [217.13.206.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC018FC0A for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 35251 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2012 15:05:16 -0000 Received: from elektropost.org (HELO elektropost.org) (tom@tomster.org) by elektropost.org with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP; 3 Oct 2012 15:05:16 -0000 From: Tom Lazar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:05:15 +0200 To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.1 \(1498\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1498) Subject: ath 802.11n support on FreeBSD 9.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:05:24 -0000 hi, i'm running a homeserver with 9.1-PRERELEASE and would like it to = replace an existing Apple Airport Extreme access point. to this end i've added a mini-PCIe card with AR9280 chipset, which is = capable of 300Mbps. can i enable 802.11n support without switching to FreeBSD-HEAD? i'm a = bit reluctant to follow a branch that could break at any given moment, = or am i too paranoid here? on the one hand, the handbook[1] clearly = states that it's not meant for production but OTOH judging by the posts = on this list, it's not uncommon for folks to run it. any advice on how i should proceed? thanks! tom [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/current-stable.html=