supported mini pcie wireless cards

[Adrian Chadd]

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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