Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 Waitman Gobble articulated: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063view=markup). Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 US. If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless support in FreeBSD. Rather that wasting your time hoping in vain that FreeBSD will actually provide suitable drivers for high grade wireless devices, might I suggest the following. 1) Install a good quality NIC card -- obviously one supported by FreeBSD. 2) Connect that card to a suitable wireless N router. I use the Linksys E4200 with excellent results. You will now be able to use all of your wireless devices, such as printer or connect to other wireless networked PCs. I might add, whenever possible, keep FreeBSD and USB devices as far away from each other as possible. DO NOT attempt to connect a router via USB to FreeBSD. Connect it via cable. Otherwise, you are just look for trouble and pain. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
El día Sunday, September 23, 2012 a las 07:39:19AM -0400, Jerry escribió: Waitman Gobble articulated: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed ... Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless support in FreeBSD. Rather that wasting your time hoping in vain that FreeBSD will actually provide suitable drivers for high grade wireless devices, might I suggest the following A few remarks: I have USB UMTS dongle and sticks which work fine with FreeBSD. The OP, as he says, has an USB wifi stick which works fine too with FreeBSD and only wanted (for whatever important reason) a new n one. He bought it without checking the man pages before, not even after having problems he checked the man pages by his own to see if the chip is supported or not. I someone, including me, wants to have better or more recent drivers, he should help in development or testing. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: g...@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:11:42 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: I have USB UMTS dongle and sticks which work fine with FreeBSD. The OP, as he says, has an USB wifi stick which works fine too with FreeBSD and only wanted (for whatever important reason) a new n one. Speed and transmitting distance would be two factors that come readily to mind. I love the fact that I can take my laptop out to my hammock which is situated near the back of my lawn and still be able to send a document to my printer without having to relocate or set up repeaters. Or, for that matter, stream a movie to watch. He bought it without checking the man pages before, not even after having problems he checked the man pages by his own to see if the chip is supported or not. The problem is that he actually HAS to check to see if the device is supported. I someone, including me, wants to have better or more recent drivers, he should help in development or testing. Either use an OS that fully supports the device, or find a suitable work around, such as the one I described, to circumvent the OS's short comings. I have suggested before and offered to contribute to a fund to be used to hire competent coders to write fully compatible drivers for devices used on FreeBSD. As usual, as soon as I mentioned monetary contributions from prospective users the idea was met with total disdain. Interestingly enough, it would appear that other OSs are doing it with positive results. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
wifi drivers support for n standard
I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? __**_ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questionshttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-** unsubscr...@freebsd.org freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Hi, According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063view=markup). Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 US. If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
