Best wireless card for building 802.11n AP

[Adrian Chadd]

hi,

the ar9287 in AP mode is supported fine on freebsd-11.


-a


On 5 July 2014 15:52, krad <kraduk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi I have just got a DN2820FYKH to build an xbmc media center player. All
> that works fine, but it got me thinking that it would be a cool little box
> to replace my bsd router vm, which would allow me not to run my main
> machine 24x7. Ideally the DN2820FYKH  would act as my main router, with
> all the related services and it would be my wireless AP as well. I have got
> AP working under linux fine, but I cant get freebsd to see the wifi card (i
> dont think its supported in current yet). Therefore I have two options, one
> wait until it is supported, or two, replace the mini pcie card for another
> supported 802.11n card. Last time I looked at running an freebsd AP
> over 802.11n, it was all a bit new and flaky. I was wondering if
> anyone can recommend any cards that are known to work well as a 802.11n
> AP, along with any other tips with regard to setting up 802.11n APs under
> freebsd.
>
> I have tried the latest freebsd-11 memstick and that didnt work, even after
> kldloading lots of iw type modules
>
> I think I have a spare ar9287 that may work in the box. Is this a reliable
> chipset for freebsd?
>
> k
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