SG-2100 and Compex WLE200NX card
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Hello fellow netgate community members,
Can you please help,
What kind of wifi antenna is recommended for best performance?? I am currently using 2 x 8-dbi and they are not working as well as I would expect, is there a more omni directional version?
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Hard to know what the expected performance is there. There are a lot of variables.
Back when we use to sell that card this is what we used:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150829062920/http://store.netgate.com/APU-wireless.aspxSteve
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I changed from an 8dbi to a 5dBi RP-SMA Antenna I have wider coverage now the 8dbi was more like a line. I noticed that the kit also used the 5dbi. Thanks for the reply. It runs better with the 5dbi antenna set. It was more point to point with the 8dbi laser like. I feel the 5dbi is like a oval shape coverage.
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@stephenw10 said in SG-2100 and Compex WLE200NX card:
Hard to know what the expected performance is there. There are a lot of variables.
Back when we use to sell that card this is what we used:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150829062920/http://store.netgate.com/APU-wireless.aspxSteve
I got the same, actually the full kit on EBay. Also bought a couple more of the same antenna for a second card, a WLE600NX, that will probably never work... Look on EBay and Amazon, but pay attention to the male/female connector config. BT and WIFI are the same 2.4GHz, but BT has male on antenna, WIFI has female on antenna. My Adlink box had both connectors, so I needed both connectors,
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Mmm, I also have an WLE600VX and a WLE900VX predicting that those would probably be the first .ac devices supported by FreeBSD. Which still might be the case!
The athp(4) driver was somewhat functional last time I checked.... -
@stephenw10 I have the AR5BXB112 apple card you recommended also also just in case with the 3 antenna ports. I also hope they add the new driver soon. I was reading FreeBSD has Intel support for AC and AX somewhere, but only Intel.
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@JonathanLee said in SG-2100 and Compex WLE200NX card:
I was reading FreeBSD has Intel support for AC and AX somewhere
They have support for that hardware BUT:
There is not support for .ac or .ax so the cards can only run in .na/g mode.
They an only run in station mode not hostap so cannot be access points.
