Re: Software for building an 802.11ac AP?
I have vague plans to port the Intel and Atheros 11ac drivers to FreeBSD first. Then I'll worry about net80211 support for 11ac. Ask me about it early in Jan. Adrian On Dec 21, 2013 1:21 PM, "Jim Thompson" wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Well, there's a bunch of updated intel hardware with mini-pcie slots. > > I think pcengines just did a hardware refresh, for example? > > It’s not done yet. ‘beta’ boards for the PC Engines “APU” platform ( > http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm) are out, (we have one) but nobody has > volume yet, > and nobody *really* knows when volume might be available. My best guess > is March 2013, plus or minus a month. > > There are other platforms (based on Intel’s Avocet/Rangeley C2K core) > which should be out in similar timeframes. > > > We should put together a list of those and then make sure -HEAD at least > works on them. > > The coming 2.2 version of pfSense is based on FreeBSD 10. It’s limping > now, and should be available about the same > timeframe as the APU and other boards (above). I don’t think we’ve > completed the integration for 802.11n, but I don’t anticipate a > lot of trouble, either. > > Getting from 10-RELASE to -HEAD shouldn’t represent too large a jump. > (Famous last words.) > > > That's a good starting point. > > > > After that - the problem is a lack of 11ac drivers and framework > > support in FreeBSD. It'll come, but ENOTIME at the moment. > > this is the largest issue, I think. > > > > > > > -a > > > > > > On 21 December 2013 11:05, Adam McDougall wrote: > >> Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac > >> access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on > >> future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly > >> antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was thinking > >> minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone > >> have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the > >> lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom software > >> build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such projects > >> for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy > >> to facilitate this. Thanks! > >> ___ > >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > ___ > > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Software for building an 802.11ac AP?
On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi! > > Well, there's a bunch of updated intel hardware with mini-pcie slots. > I think pcengines just did a hardware refresh, for example? It’s not done yet. ‘beta’ boards for the PC Engines “APU” platform (http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm) are out, (we have one) but nobody has volume yet, and nobody *really* knows when volume might be available. My best guess is March 2013, plus or minus a month. There are other platforms (based on Intel’s Avocet/Rangeley C2K core) which should be out in similar timeframes. > We should put together a list of those and then make sure -HEAD at least > works on them. The coming 2.2 version of pfSense is based on FreeBSD 10. It’s limping now, and should be available about the same timeframe as the APU and other boards (above). I don’t think we’ve completed the integration for 802.11n, but I don’t anticipate a lot of trouble, either. Getting from 10-RELASE to -HEAD shouldn’t represent too large a jump. (Famous last words.) > That's a good starting point. > > After that - the problem is a lack of 11ac drivers and framework > support in FreeBSD. It'll come, but ENOTIME at the moment. this is the largest issue, I think. > > > -a > > > On 21 December 2013 11:05, Adam McDougall wrote: >> Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac >> access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on >> future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly >> antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was thinking >> minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone >> have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the >> lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom software >> build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such projects >> for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy >> to facilitate this. Thanks! >> ___ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Software for building an 802.11ac AP?
Hi! Well, there's a bunch of updated intel hardware with mini-pcie slots. I think pcengines just did a hardware refresh, for example? We should put together a list of those and then make sure -HEAD at least works on them. That's a good starting point. After that - the problem is a lack of 11ac drivers and framework support in FreeBSD. It'll come, but ENOTIME at the moment. -a On 21 December 2013 11:05, Adam McDougall wrote: > Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac > access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on > future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly > antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was thinking > minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone > have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the > lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom software > build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such projects > for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy > to facilitate this. Thanks! > ___ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Software for building an 802.11ac AP?
Hello, a friend of mine is interested in building his own 802.11ac access point with a replaceable wifi module so he can save money on future upgrades by just swapping out the wifi module and possibly antenna. He was thinking to plug in a USB wifi radio but I was thinking minipcie would probably work just as well if not better. Does anyone have any suggestions of software projects I could check out along the lines of openwrt so we don't need to work on a totally custom software build? I was hoping to look at the supported hardware of such projects for clues on what kind of "embedded" hardware and radios he could buy to facilitate this. Thanks! ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
