Atheros dual radio wifi card?

jgomez

Does Atheros make a dual radio mini PCI express wifi card? Need to support both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands at the same time.

jimp

Even if they did, FreeBSD doesn't support two radios on a single card. Get a proper AP and let it handle the wireless, you'll be much better off.

tirsojrp

@jgomez:

Does Atheros make a dual radio mini PCI express wifi card? Need to support both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands at the same time.

You need 2 cards.

Wireless Routers/APs that supports simultaneous dual band uses 2 interfaces.

jimp

I would not personally trust two radio cards inside a traditional firewall style case. I know we've tested it and found it not to work on our hardware, and likely it fails elsewhere as well.

RF interference is a given in that case. Just get an AP and you'll keep your sanity.