From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 30 13:40:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D219B6 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:40:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x22e.google.com (mail-wi0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99A442701 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:40:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f174.google.com with SMTP id hj3so3852414wib.7 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ax8dikM5YoTNUhIQNmbnMuolJ49OY7OfHmvsd3311+w=; b=BFr+r4hkTYhkqCXqpWF1vrTHKeD9KVUgLq2u5cQQwjqyvfqD9UHg5KgdJgFvb+IKKT komLv60x00KpKXZbh/+WLi8aCkbKuvPc/IrW3Ww5MlcgfHjq9wsfUdDkn7KM05WAdcA9 h6CXUyjIki1tab6sjCm337P9G1iJ0LJ767ITpcihDQWiwRT7KchZeFq4Bm1shg3A1T6T Yb7fzS5+ZZBpEgud1x6YXY1K4EG4Fyw0yBqcYYICXVTPtGgciyUhRMbqdp95n0mzkUIs mAIDxPBGab4Jcnd+T0G3IfRbXpY+gV8TW11LD8dUsO1WqtdYTJDe0hS4Z2ny4TdrfXX1 Uj7g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.176.163 with SMTP id cj3mr17662062wjc.8.1380548409920; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.73.133 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: hbr6HxlOOGXBiJfzwY7PaWZIPOY Message-ID: Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 From: Adrian Chadd To: Abcd Efgh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:40:12 -0000 Hi, Anything that has an Atheros chip on it, is pcie and does 11abg is fine. 2315/2417/5414 should all be fine. -adrian On 30 September 2013 06:29, wrote: > Thanks, any particular HW that you would recommend? Do not mind if it is > not the fastest with the latest features though want 'zero' network outage. > > I believe there were cards you plugged in and you were happy with. Which > card has which chipset is not always obvious on the major shopping sites. > > > Thanks > Balazs > > ________________________________ > > Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:13:54 -0700 > > Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 > > From: adrian@freebsd.org > > To: sbremal@hotmail.com > > CC: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > > > > Hi! > > > > The most stable PCIe WLAN NICs by far will be the 802.11abg Atheros > > devices. The 11n stuff became stable in 10.0. > > > > > > -adrian > > > > > > On 30 September 2013 06:10, > > > wrote: > > Hello > > > > Would anyone recommend a PCIe WLAN card for 8.1? It is for a production > > machine so stability is of prime importance. > > > > Honestly, a bit confused what HW to pick after going through 'Hardware > > Matrix' at > > 'https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport'. > > > > I do not want to upgrade to release 9 ... unless it is really necessary. > > > > > > Thanks > > Balazs > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > > mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >