Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:44:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-Height (Mini-PCIe/PCI) Wireless NIC/Dongle (with HOSTAP Support) Recommendation Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1408271823590.58437@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140827230630.GA5630@slackbox.erewhon.home> References: <8D0C401236BE4537B872B3BF085E2672@atlantis> <20140827230630.GA5630@slackbox.erewhon.home>
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Roland Smith wrote: > The most important thing about a card is finding out which chipset is used. > Because that determines which FreeBSD driver to use. > > So look at the FreeBSD manpages for wifi chipsets (you can find most of them > in the SEE ALSO section of wlan(4)) for those that fit your requirements. > Then find a card that uses one of those chipsets. > > Unfortunately most no-name brands don't list it in the specs or on the box > because they tend to grab whatever is available. > > But if you find a card that you like, you can download the windows driver and > unpack it. Then you can usually see which chipset is used from the .inf file. https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Main_Page is very useful for this. One way to get a particular card is by using a PCIe adapter card with a mini-PCIe notebook card.
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