Does pfSense support Wi-FI with Realtek RTL8188su (or RTL8192) chipset?

Richard_Gear · Jul 31, 2011, 8:17 PM

Good day.

I'm interested in subj question.

I have an adapter like this i want to know about supporting one before i install pfSense.

Please help me who knows.

ptt · Jul 31, 2011, 8:23 PM

Check here:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Richard_Gear · Jul 31, 2011, 9:37 PM

The urtw(4) driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L

hm.. does it support my RTL8188su?..

the rtl8188 and rtl8192 use the same driver so i also interested in rtl8192 driver.

stephenw10 · Jul 31, 2011, 10:09 PM

Nope. Sorry :(

wallabybob · Jul 31, 2011, 10:54 PM

TP-Link TL-WN321G is supported in pfSense 1.2.3 and later.
Tenda W311U is supported in pfSense 2.0 RC3 and later snapshot builds.

Both are USB wireless NICs capable of acting as Access Points. I've had good results from both of them in my two floor house. Where I live both of these are available for under US$15 at current exchange ranges.

Considering the cost of these supported devices its probably not worth your while attempting to get the Realtek devices working.