Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:38:34 -0400 From: Alexander Gallego <gallego.alexx@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Card N PCI or USB for freebsd 9.0 amd64 Message-ID: <CAL%2BiW2_Wr%2BmLsEL0e1tihUPiUjEwJUvDmVy7Bhy5VqZkbmweWg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=Lh775Yk0McrZqdoF_ePnjjN_8XRsFztPaQP0rzUHTSg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAL%2BiW2-3PdBJuTqW6gM3wZUX4b=oXjsDEjKkz4Mb2K7DqTSyCw@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmo=Lh775Yk0McrZqdoF_ePnjjN_8XRsFztPaQP0rzUHTSg@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian, Thanks for your prompt reply. When you say > Bernhard has done a > fantastic job backporting the 802.11n fixes for that. Does that mean that it is currently working on freebsd 9.0. If it's not on 9.0 I might have a tough time patching the kernel. Sorry if I missed the obvious. Sincerely, Alex ---*--- ------* * * * On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Your best bet is the intel iwn series NICs. Bernhard has done a > fantastic job backporting the 802.11n fixes for that. > > USB - I think if_run will eventually grow 802.11n support in -9? > > > > Adrian > > > On 6 August 2012 17:27, Alexander Gallego <gallego.alexx@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A fellow at forums.freebsd.org suggested I posted this thread here. >> (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=33782) >> >> >> ============================================== >> >> For your convenience here is the original question: >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN >> >> Covers all wireless drives supported by FreeBSD 9.0 >> >> I researched about 10 drivers or more, but all were either G/B but >> none listed there were N wireless drivers. >> >> I can't seem to find the post (it might be old mailing list) where it >> said that FreeBSD had basically no N wireless support. I am not sure >> if this is still the case. If I find the link I'll edit post. >> >> I want to **buy** a wireless card (PCI or USB) for my desktop and want >> to get suggestions from the community from a card that you've had >> success with: >> >> 1. Installing it and running smoothly on FreeBSD 9.0 >> 2. Supports wireless N >> >> >> Thank you. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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"
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