From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 18:08:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98363106567D for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:08:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri@rawbw.com) Received: from shell.rawbw.com (shell.rawbw.com [198.144.192.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A958FC2A for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:08:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri@rawbw.com) Received: from eagle.syrec.org (c-69-181-136-207.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [69.181.136.207]) (authenticated bits=0) by shell.rawbw.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n0JHnmG8050347; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:49:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4974BD3B.3020407@rawbw.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:49:47 -0800 From: Yuri User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: igor krasnoselski References: <651996463.20090119153255@a-ka.net> In-Reply-To: <651996463.20090119153255@a-ka.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wi-Fi support - which iface works better? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: yuri@rawbw.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:08:26 -0000 igor krasnoselski wrote: > I'm up to build a little Wi-Fi network at my home. So I need to know, what Wi-Fi NIC is working better under FreeBSD 7.1, from the next little list: > ZyXEL G-302 EE > D-link DWA-510 > ASUS WL-138g V2 > TRENDnet TEW-423PI > P.S. Digging the "7.1 Hardware Notes" on the Web gave me no information about that cards. Please note me if they are supported at all. > > WBR, Igor Krasnoselski > This depends on the card chipset. It's sometimes hard to tell by the card model and I don't know which chipsets these cards have. I used two cards with chipsets: Atheros 5212 (ath) and Ralink Technology RT2561S (ral). Both of them don't work in a stable way under 71-PRERELEASE and in a very similar way. Connections get broken, link goes down sporadically. 'up scan' hangs, pings often don't go through after link is established, 'airdump' command stops working after a while on both of them. Based on these experiences i came to a conclusion that WiFi support isn't stable yet in FreeBSD. Yuri