From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 22:04:27 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 ESMTPS id BD3FC2C8 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-1.server.virginmedia.net (know-smtprelay-omc-1.server.virginmedia.net [80.0.253.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CB23331 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:04:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atlantis ([82.35.157.234]) by know-smtprelay-1-imp with bizsmtp id jy3B1o02T53izey01y3ETu; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:03:14 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [82.35.157.234] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=C8BnyG/+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kbpPTn7ufL9Z2jBgKwypqA==:117 a=kbpPTn7ufL9Z2jBgKwypqA==:17 a=B9t3bDLDPmQA:10 a=ivN5FOvmIHYA:10 a=3NElcqgl2aoA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=a5Gf7U6LAAAA:8 a=nmYK28rPpAJHtjJDNZ4A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 Message-ID: <8D0C401236BE4537B872B3BF085E2672@atlantis> From: "Jasvinder S. Bahra" To: Subject: Half-Height (Mini-PCIe/PCI) Wireless NIC/Dongle (with HOSTAP Support) Recommendation Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:03:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:04:27 -0000 Everyone, I have a system which acts as a network router/internet gateway. I would like to add a wireless NIC to it so as to allow authorised devices to wirelessly connect to the network/internet. I've had a read through of the Wireless Networking page of the handbook, and I have determined that I will be setting up a 802.11 network in infrastructure (BSS) mode. I would like the system to act as an wireless access point using WPA with EAP-TLS or EAP-PEAP (note that i'm aware that this is massively overkill for a small home network but *shrugs* that's what I would like to do). There are some additional requirements... 1) The wireless NIC must slot into either a half-height Mini-PCI Express slot or a half-height PCI slot. Alternatively, some kind of dongle or external unit that can be plugged-in into a USB port would also be acceptable. 2) The wireless NIC must support HOSTAP mode (a requirement for the system to act as an access point) I've checked some of the driver documentation, but the cards listed on the man pages don't appear to be available anymore. Can anyone point me in the direction of something that meets all these requirements? Regards, Jazz