MiniPCI WiFi (802.11g/11n) adapter with HostAP support -- please, advice models!

Espartano espartano.mail at gmail.com
Sun Dec 14 18:48:03 PST 2008


On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Lev Serebryakov <lev at serebryakov.spb.ru> wrote:
> Hello, Freebsd-net.
>
>  I need MiniPCI WiFi adapter with HostAP support (so, AFAIU, it
> should NOT be Intel adapters). WPA2 will be a plus.
>
>  Could somebody advice exact models (not chipsets!) to look up in
> price lists and catalogs?
>

You can buy a Wistron CM9 Atheros 802.11a/b/g miniPCI wireless card to
acomplish an AP, here is the url to see the Specifications:
http://www.pcengines.ch/cm9.htm

if you want to buy this MiniPci card you can do it in this page:
http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php search for the cm9 key word.

already i am using this MiniPCI card over FreeBSD 7.0 to acomplish an
AP and the card work very fine. :)


>  Is VIA VT6655GMA00 (VIA MAC/BBP(VT6655) and Airoha
> Transceiver(AL2230)) supported?
>
>  Are here any Atheros-based (5212?) MiniPCI cards on marked?
>
>  Is Atheros 802.11n chipset (as found on TP-Link TL-WN861N 300N) supported?
>
> --
> // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at serebryakov.spb.ru>
>
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