SG-1100 PCIe WIFI (mikrotik)

stephenw10

Mmm, there's a good chance it simply won't work. The only card I know will work there is the WLE200NX. That's what was used when developing the driver.
I've tried other NICs in the 2100 that are just not recognised.

Steve

daemonix

@stephenw10 are all Newgate HW the same in terms of pcie? I just received a 7100, a 6100max and some 1100 in question.

Any other tricks I can do?

stephenw10

No, the 1100 and 2100 share the same arm64 SoC so the have the same pci driver.

The 7100 and 6100 are x86 so very different and much more mature PCIe support.

However in general the WIFI support in FreeBSD, and hence pfSense, is poor. Using an external access point will be better in almost every way.

Steve

daemonix

@stephenw10 do the arm boards show something with "pciconf -lv" without a pcie connected? my 1100 show nothing.

stephenw10

No they don't show anything unless a card is present. The card is the only device shown.

[22.05-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv
[22.05-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/root:

[22.05-RELEASE][admin@2100-3.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv
ath0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x3099168c chip=0x002a168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
    class      = network

Steve

daemonix

@stephenw10 uboot shows something though

Is this my pci or on-board nics?

Marvell>> pci long
Scanning PCI devices on bus 0

Found PCI device 00.00.00:
  vendor ID =                   0x168c
  device ID =                   0x0033
  command register ID =         0x0006
  status register =             0x0010
  revision ID =                 0x01
  class code =                  0x02 (Network controller)
  sub class code =              0x80
  programming interface =       0x00
  cache line =                  0x08
  latency time =                0x00
  header type =                 0x00
  BIST =                        0x00
  base address 0 =              0xe8000004
  base address 1 =              0x00000000
  base address 2 =              0x00000000
  base address 3 =              0x00000000
  base address 4 =              0x00000000
  base address 5 =              0x00000000
  cardBus CIS pointer =         0x00000000
  sub system vendor ID =        0x19b6
  sub system ID =               0xd016
  expansion ROM base address =  0xe8020000
  interrupt line =              0xff
  interrupt pin =               0x01
  min Grant =                   0x00
  max Latency =                 0x00
Marvell>>

stephenw10

That is the wifi card. You can see from the vendor/device IDs:
https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/168c/0033

It's the FreeBSD driver that can't 'see' it for some reason.

Steve

daemonix

@stephenw10 as boot sees it but freebsd not, can I compile a new kernel and add more drivers?? based on arm64 confirmation??? maybe??

stephenw10

Not really. For this to work would require more development work on the PCI driver for the Marvell SoC used on the 1100. There is no existing driver that can be added to make this work as it is.

Steve

A Former User

@daemonix

Compex WLE200NX is able to get new for ~30 € and clone from other countries (same chip) will be able to get for ~10 €
so if you will be able to get hands on, it will be the best choice for you to insert WiFi in the SG-1100.