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    Centrino N 6205.. wanting 802.11n at home.

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      roccor
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      Thanks for ignoring my actual question(s) Wally.

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        roccor
        last edited by

        FWIW: PF did recognize the card as an Atheros in my test box.  I will not know the extent of it's operation until I put in into production.  But even if it's not running as N, at least I wont have to change hardware when N is fully supported.

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          mikhe
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          I'm testing on PF 2.1 development (based on 8.3 BSD). Card recognized but don't work for me.

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            wallabybob
            last edited by

            @roccor:

            Thanks for ignoring my actual question(s) Wally.

            You meant me?

            If so, my apologies for not replying sooner. Fulfilling other commitments required me to take a break from forum participation.

            If you are still reading the forum post a reply and I'll answer the questions.

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              wallabybob
              last edited by

              @mikhe:

              I'm testing on PF 2.1 development (based on 8.3 BSD). Card recognized but don't work for me.

              If you are looking for help to resolve this please help the readers help you by providing more information. For example, complete the sentence

              I did … and saw ... but I expected to see ...

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                rsagris
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                I've got the same card (this one is on a PCI-Express 1x desktop card) and I just did a fresh install.

                The card didn't seem to have been recognized, it's not available to use as an interface.

                Was yours auto-detected on install?

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                  wallabybob
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                  @rsagris:

                  I've got the same card (this one is on a PCI-Express 1x desktop card) and I just did a fresh install.

                  Which pfSense build?

                  @rsagris:

                  The card didn't seem to have been recognized, it's not available to use as an interface.

                  Where did you look?

                  Please provide the output of pfSense shell command```
                  pciconf -lv

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                    mikhe
                    last edited by

                    @wallabybob:

                    If you are looking for help to resolve this please help the readers help you by providing more information. For example, complete the sentence

                    In pfSense card work only in "Infrastructure (BSS)"  802.11a/b/g mode

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                      wallabybob
                      last edited by

                      @mikhe:

                      @wallabybob:

                      If you are looking for help to resolve this please help the readers help you by providing more information. For example, complete the sentence

                      In pfSense card work only in "Infrastructure (BSS)"  802.11a/b/g mode

                      Are you looking for a card to act as an Access Point? If so a card with the Atheros chipset should do the job fine. If I recall correctly, some readers have reported problems with some 802.11n capable cards but other readers have had a satisfactory experience with 802.11n capable cards.

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                        mikhe
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                        When remote AP switched off pfSense crashed

                        Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
                        cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
                        fault virtual address = 0xffffffffffffffe0
                        fault code = supervisor read data, page not present
                        instruction pointer = 0x20:0xffffffff8078d21b
                        stack pointer         = 0x28:0xffffff803a380ab0
                        frame pointer         = 0x28:0xffffff803a380ad0
                        code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                        = DPL 0, pres 1, long 1, def32 0, gran 1
                        processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
                        current process = 0 (iwn0 taskq)

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                          rsagris
                          last edited by

                          @wallabybob:

                          @rsagris:

                          I've got the same card (this one is on a PCI-Express 1x desktop card) and I just did a fresh install.

                          Which pfSense build?

                          2.0.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                          built on Mon Dec 12 18:16:13 EST 2011
                          FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6

                          @wallabybob:

                          @rsagris:

                          The card didn't seem to have been recognized, it's not available to use as an interface.

                          Where did you look?

                          Interface => Assign

                          @wallabybob:

                          Please provide the output of pfSense shell command```
                          pciconf -lv

                          $ pciconf -lv
                          hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x01008086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = HOST-PCI
                          pcib1@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x01018086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-PCI
                          vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x01028086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
                              class      = display
                              subclass  = VGA
                          none0@pci0:0:22:0: class=0x078000 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c3a8086 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
                              class      = simple comms
                          em0@pci0:0:25:0: class=0x020000 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x15038086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet
                          ehci0@pci0:0:26:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c2d8086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = serial bus
                              subclass  = USB
                          pcib2@pci0:0:28:0: class=0x060400 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c108086 rev=0xb5 hdr=0x01
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-PCI
                          pcib4@pci0:0:28:2: class=0x060400 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c148086 rev=0xb5 hdr=0x01
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-PCI
                          pcib5@pci0:0:28:4: class=0x060400 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c188086 rev=0xb5 hdr=0x01
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-PCI
                          ehci1@pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c268086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = serial bus
                              subclass  = USB
                          isab0@pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c5c8086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-ISA
                          atapci0@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x010601 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c028086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = mass storage
                              subclass  = SATA
                          none1@pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x1c228086 rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
                              class      = serial bus
                              subclass  = SMBus
                          igb0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x12a18086 chip=0x150e8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet
                          igb1@pci0:1:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x12a18086 chip=0x150e8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet
                          igb2@pci0:1:0:2: class=0x020000 card=0x12a18086 chip=0x150e8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet
                          igb3@pci0:1:0:3: class=0x020000 card=0x12a18086 chip=0x150e8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet
                          pcib3@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x060401 card=0x200d8086 chip=0x88921283 rev=0x30 hdr=0x01
                              class      = bridge
                              subclass  = PCI-PCI
                          none2@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x13018086 chip=0x00828086 rev=0x34 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                          em1@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x10838086 chip=0x10b98086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
                              class      = network
                              subclass  = ethernet

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                            wallabybob
                            last edited by

                            From the file of PCI identification codes distributed with Ubuntu 12.05 this device:
                            @rsagris:

                            none2@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x13018086 chip=0x00828086 rev=0x34 hdr=0x00
                                class      = network

                            Is a Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
                            The current source code for the iwn driver should recognise this device, but the device id is not in the table of supported devices in FreeBSD 8.1 (so not in pfSense 2.0.x), nor in FreeBSD 8.2. It is in the table of supported devices for FreeBSD 9.0 and for FreeBSD 8.3 (and hence pfSense 2.1). pfSense 2.1 is not yet released but snapshot builds are available from http://snapshots.pfsense.org.

                            If you install (or upgrade firmware to) a snapshot build of pfSense 2.1 you will need to add it to the pool of devices pfSense uses by going to Interfaces -> (assign) and clicking on the "+" at the bottom right of the page.

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                              rsagris
                              last edited by

                              @wallabybob:

                              From the file of PCI identification codes distributed with Ubuntu 12.05 this device:
                              @rsagris:

                              none2@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x13018086 chip=0x00828086 rev=0x34 hdr=0x00
                                  class      = network

                              Is a Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN
                              The current source code for the iwn driver should recognise this device, but the device id is not in the table of supported devices in FreeBSD 8.1 (so not in pfSense 2.0.x), nor in FreeBSD 8.2. It is in the table of supported devices for FreeBSD 9.0 and for FreeBSD 8.3 (and hence pfSense 2.1). pfSense 2.1 is not yet released but snapshot builds are available from http://snapshots.pfsense.org.

                              If you install (or upgrade firmware to) a snapshot build of pfSense 2.1 you will need to add it to the pool of devices pfSense uses by going to Interfaces -> (assign) and clicking on the "+" at the bottom right of the page.

                              Thanks for the help, I'll re-install later tonight!

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