Recommended PCIe Wireless Card for FBSD as Access Point
John Nielsen
lists at jnielsen.net
Fri Jan 23 13:55:06 UTC 2015
Anything based on an Atheros "n" card should be fine. AR9280, for example, is fairly common and well-supported.
> On Jan 23, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Willy Offermans <Willy at Offermans.Rompen.nl> wrote:
>
> Dear FreeBSD friends,
>
> I can proudly announce that I'm running FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE on a HP
> Proliant Gen8 micro server for a couple of weeks now. I'm very
> satisfied with the services of the system.
>
> The micro server has a free empty PCIe2 x16(8,4,1) slot. I want to mount a
> PCIe wireless card into this slot and add Access Point as an extra service
> to this machine. I'm aware of chapter 31.3.6. with title FreeBSD Host
> Access Points out of the FreeBSD handbook. So next to fit into the slot and
> to be supported by FreeBSD 10+ generally, the card should also be able to
> support HOSTAP.
>
> Can someone recommend me a wireless card that would fulfill the
> requirements? I would very much appreciate your advice.
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> With kind regards,
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
> De jrus wah,
>
> Wiel
>
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