supported mini pcie wireless cards

[Adrian Chadd]

hi!

Anything with Sandybridge, ivybridge, haswell works fine. I use the
Lenovo X220, X230, X400, T420, and others use other Dell and Lenovo
models.


-adrian


On 2 October 2016 at 09:25, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan at gmail.com> wrote:
> oh no.
>
> Macbook pro is having too many issues, I plan to sell it and by a clevo
> whitebook, specifically this model:
> http://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=941&lang=en
>
> Is that intel model wifi card supported? If yes what modes if no or support
> incoming that's fine as well.
>
> I am just trying to find a machine that works well with FreeBSD.
>
> Best,
> Owen
>
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> QCA 11ac isn't yet. i'm working on it.
>>
>>
>> On 2 October 2016 at 06:35, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Adrian
>> >
>> > One more question about Atheros chips.
>> >
>> > Is this M.2 Atheros chip supported?
>> >
>> > Qualcomm® Atheros Killer™ Wireless-AC 1535 Dual Band 2x2 AC +BT M.2 2230
>> >
>> > I have a mac but it's such a pain for so many things, I want to get a
>> > barebones notebook and just add supported parts.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> np!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -a
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 30 September 2016 at 11:07, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Ah Thank you!
>> >> >
>> >> > The card should be arriving next week. I'll keep the list posted.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best,
>> >> > Owen
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 01:58 Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I need to update the ath_hal manpage.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The AR9462 and AR9485 both work. If they don't work, I can totally
>> >> >> fix
>> >> >> them for you - I have all of the atheros reference hardware and
>> >> >> drivers here.. :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -adrian
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 30 September 2016 at 08:37, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Oh, awesome Adrian thanks. I saw you writing a lot on the forums
>> >> >> > about
>> >> >> > WIFI
>> >> >> > cards.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Initially I wanted to get the intel but I think the intel only
>> >> >> > supported
>> >> >> > station mode. I asked this on the forum but I would like to ask
>> >> >> > here
>> >> >> > just to
>> >> >> > have it.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > How did you find a particular hardware component being supported?
>> >> >> > For
>> >> >> > example; let's look at the wifi cards. I was looking if this
>> >> >> > device
>> >> >> > is
>> >> >> > supported
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Atheros AR9462; googling lead me to the auth_hal man page but when
>> >> >> > I
>> >> >> > look in
>> >> >> > there I don't see any reference to the AR9462 so how can I be sure
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > device will be supported?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > For example ath_hal seems to go up to about 9380 and newer devices
>> >> >> > aren't
>> >> >> > supported?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > So in a situation like this, let's say I'd like to exhaust more
>> >> >> > channels
>> >> >> > before sending off an email to some FreeBSD mailing list.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > How could I further do tests w/o say buying the device online,
>> >> >> > having
>> >> >> > it
>> >> >> > shipped, testing and possibly returning. The main reason is
>> >> >> > shipping
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > location is often more expensive than the products that I am
>> >> >> > trying
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > find.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Best,
>> >> >> > Owen
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Adrian Chadd
>> >> >> > <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> all are supported.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> -a
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On 30 September 2016 at 02:10, blubee blubeeme
>> >> >> >> <gurenchan at gmail.com>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> > Hi
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I have a macbook pro 11,3 but I removed the broadcomm chip that
>> >> >> >> > came
>> >> >> >> > with
>> >> >> >> > it because it's not supported.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I wanted to check to see which of these chips have the best
>> >> >> >> > support
>> >> >> >> > on
>> >> >> >> > FreeBSD.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Bointec DPE809-AA included Atheros AR9485 and AR3012 is a
>> >> >> >> > 802.11bgn
>> >> >> >> > 1x1,plus Bluetooth 4.0 solution.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 AC 7260 7260NGW
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Bointec DPE909-AA Atheros ® AR9462
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > There's one intel and two that have atheros chipsets inside.
>> >> >> >> > Can I
>> >> >> >> > get
>> >> >> >> > some
>> >> >> >> > help from this list to find the recommended device. I am
>> >> >> >> > currently
>> >> >> >> > running
>> >> >> >> > FreeBSD 11RC3.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Best,
>> >> >> >> > Owen
>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________
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>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >
>> >
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