ath support for mini-pci 802.11n card?

Sam Leffler sam at errno.com
Fri Nov 16 13:26:30 PST 2007


Michael Butler wrote:
> Has anyone tried the present ath driver with the mini-pc card described
> as .. "Netegriti 802.11n 802.11g 802.11b 802.11a Turbo Mini PCI Wireless
> Card" and advertised at
> http://discountechnology.com/Netegriti-802-11n-802-11g-802-11b-802-11a-Turbo-Mini-PCI-Wireless-Card
>
> It appears to be based on the Atheros AR5416, AR5133 chipsets but I
> can't work out from the sources if this combo is supported :-
>   

All 5416/5418-based cards will work in legacy mode w/ the hal found at 
http://www.freebsd.org/~sam.  But since you can't (yet) use 11n there's 
not much reason to want an 11n card instead of a legacy card--especially 
given the cost.

    Sam



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