Questions about a wireless card
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Hi,
I am looking to by a mini-pcie wireless card for my pfsense box (2.0).
On ebay i found this card:
http://cgi.ebay.de/Atheros-5418-AR5BXB72-AR5008-Wifi-Mini-PCI-802-11ABGN-/140390207230?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20afe88efeMy questions are:
1. will it work with g mode?
2. is there any indication it will work with n mode once it lands in freebsd?
3. will it work with 5ghz frequencies?Thanks,
Marcus -
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. YesLook at the card description - 802.11ABGN. That lists the 4 modes it supports, and the fact that it supports 802.11A says that it supports 5 GHz.
Just be aware that they are described as single band radios, meaning you can either use 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz but not at the same time.
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@Cry:
Just be aware that they are described as single band radios, meaning you can either use 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz but not at the same time.
That would indeed be quite an annoyance.
I found this card here which seems to do dual band, can you tell me if it is supported in pfsense/freebsd?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Atheros-Half-ar9280-wireless-wifi-n-card-300m-Dual-Band-/130453129585?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5f9cc971#ht_2834wt_907Thanks a lot,
Marcus -
A quick bit of Googling for ar9820 FreeBSD suggests that it's supported in FreeBSD 8.0. If so it should work on pfSense 2.0.
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If you want to use 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz at the same time, you will need two cards. As far as I know, access points that use both at the same time actually use two separate devices internally, one for each frequency.