The problem is that there's a lot of them. If someone wants to tackle this, I'm all ears. :-)
-adrian On 7 October 2013 05:21, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Hardware notes are fairly succinct about particular hardware for the 'ath' > driver: > > 3.5 Wireless Network Interfaces > > [i386,pc98,amd64,sparc64] The > ath(4) driver > supports all Atheros Cardbus and PCI cards, except those that are based on > the AR5005VL > chipset. > > For other drivers ('ipw', 'iwi' etc.) there is a list of HW that I can > readily order. Do you plan to add such list also for 'ath'? > > Is there any advantage of choosing Atheros based card and using 'ath' over > Intel and 'ipw'. > > I found it cumbersome to map Atheros chipsets to PCIe cards, most of the > time this info is hidden from the adapters data sheet. I must be completely > on the wrong way. I would expect 10 min. to pick a PCIe WLAN card from the > Freebsd HW notes, order it, plug it in, configure and enjoy. Like with LAN > cards, hard disks etc. What do I do wrong? > > > Cheers > Balazs > > ________________________________ > > Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:40:09 -0700 > > Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > > > Hi, > > > > Anything that has an Atheros chip on it, is pcie and does 11abg is > > fine. 2315/2417/5414 should all be fine. > > > > > > > > -adrian > > > > > > On 30 September 2013 06:29, > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks, any particular HW that you would recommend? Do not mind if it > > is not the fastest with the latest features though want 'zero' network > > outage. > > > > I believe there were cards you plugged in and you were happy with. > > Which card has which chipset is not always obvious on the major > > shopping sites. > > > > > > Thanks > > Balazs > > > > ________________________________ > > > Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:13:54 -0700 > > > Subject: Re: WLAN PCIe HW recommendation for 8.1 > > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > The most stable PCIe WLAN NICs by far will be the 802.11abg Atheros > > > devices. The 11n stuff became stable in 10.0. > > > > > > > > > -adrian > > > > > > > > > On 30 September 2013 06:10, > > > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> > > wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > Would anyone recommend a PCIe WLAN card for 8.1? It is for a production > > > machine so stability is of prime importance. > > > > > > Honestly, a bit confused what HW to pick after going through 'Hardware > > > Matrix' at > > > 'https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath_hal%284%29/HardwareSupport'. > > > > > > I do not want to upgrade to release 9 ... unless it is really > necessary. > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > Balazs > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > ><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > >> > > > mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > > "[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]><mailto: > [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>>" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>" > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected] > " > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
