Re: WiFi on NetBSD

2022-03-11 Thread Michael van Elst
asbat...@gmail.com (Andrew Ball) writes: > MvE> E.g. this is a RPI4 connecting to a 802.11ac network: >That's great! I wonder whether those are available as plug-in >network interfaces for other platforms. There were some Mini-PCI adapters (for notebooks) and there was one USB adapter

Re: WiFi on NetBSD

2022-03-11 Thread Andrew Ball
Hello Michael, MvE> This is, mostly, not just a matter of drivers, as part of the > functionality is in generic device-independent code. Updating > that part is work in progress and unfortunately also requires > to rework all existing wifi drivers, which is the main reason

Re: WiFi on NetBSD

2022-03-11 Thread Michael van Elst
asbat...@gmail.com (Andrew Ball) writes: >I find 802.11a suits my needs well but out of interest, am I right >in thinking that NetBSD doesn't yet have support for 802.11n, .11ac or >.11ax? Is it just* a question of device drivers for the network >adaptors or is there more involved? There is

WiFi on NetBSD

2022-03-11 Thread Andrew Ball
Hello, I find 802.11a suits my needs well but out of interest, am I right in thinking that NetBSD doesn't yet have support for 802.11n, .11ac or .11ax? Is it just* a question of device drivers for the network adaptors or is there more involved? Thanks, - Andy Ball