WIFI as access point

Dima Panov fluffy at FreeBSD.org
Thu Mar 9 17:17:47 UTC 2017



Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Hello List;
>
> I have this wifi card
> http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-express-desktop-adapter
>
>
> I recovered it from a decommissioned win7 box. On win7 this wifi card
> could only be used to connect to a router access point.
>
> If I add this wifi card to my FreeBSD 11.0 system can it be configured
> to function as an access point?

This card is fully support by ath driver as "AR5418 Wireless Network
Adapter".
Copmlete examples with various AP setup described in manual page for driver.


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