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      wallabybob
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      Do you have a suitable driver to install?

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        owner524
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        i can get them from intels site but i dont know how to install it

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          wallabybob
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          Please provide a link. I will take a look.

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            owner524
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            http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Wireless+Networking&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+Centrino%C2%AE+Wi-Fi+Products&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Centrino%C2%AE+Wireless-N+2230

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              wallabybob
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              @owner524:

              http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Wireless+Networking&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+Centrino%C2%AE+Wi-Fi+Products&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Centrino%C2%AE+Wireless-N+2230

              I can't see FreeBSD drivers listed there.

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                owner524
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                It says Linux all ver.

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                  owner524
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                  Will this work ?????? http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi

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                    wallabybob
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                    The operating system in pfSense is FreeBSD. FreeBSD is not Linux. The existence of Linux drivers is not particularly interesting UNLESS you are planning to port the Linux driver to FreeBSD, a task that is rather more complex than "move a few files, compile and link".

                    Depending on your requirements (Access Point mode is not supported on most [all?] of the supported Intel WiFi adapters) it would be simpler to try it (the device might work - just not listed in the supported devices list) or try a more visibly supported Intel device or try a device with a supported Atheros chipset.

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                      owner524
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                      so replace the pcimini port with something else

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                        owner524
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                        something like this  http://www.ebay.com/itm/JJPLUS-MR2-Atheros-AR9220-802-11N-BG-1000mW-Minipci-/110740291506?pt=DE_Computing_Notebook_Porterweiterungskarte&hash=item19c8a2bfb2

                        i wanted 450mbs but i cant have three hook ups only two  thats how the motherboard is set up for

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                          owner524
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                          i really dont know what is the best wifi chip to get ????  would like to get 450mbps but i dont have three hook ups    so i guess the 300mbps would be fine for now

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                            owner524
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                            ANYONE????

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                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              There are no currently supported cards that will work at 802.11N speeds.
                              There are some 802.11N chipsets that will run but only at 'g' speeds.

                              Steve

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                                Metu69salemi
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                                Forget about N-speeds with internal slots. Buy new ac-draft accesspoint and get some more speed.

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                                  owner524
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                                  why would it only work on G speeds

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                                    owner524
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                                    so even tho the chip set is for BSD it will only get wireless G speeds

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      @owner524:

                                      why would it only work on G speeds

                                      Because even though there are some drivers for 802.11N chipsets there is no kernel support for the protocols required to make use of the addtional bandwidth, as I understand it.  ;)
                                      802.11N support is a work in progress in FreeBSD and different chipsets will have wildly varying levels of functionality. That's if you're running the very lastest bleeding edge code. pfSense is a security platform that cannot afford to use unstable code hence it's built on tried and tested FreeBSD 8.1 (8.3 for 2.1 snapshots).

                                      Steve

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                                        owner524
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                                        so would this chip work ??  http://www.ebay.com/itm/JJPLUS-MR2-Atheros-AR9220-802-11N-BG-1000mW-Minipci-/110740291506?pt=DE_Computing_Notebook_Porterweiterungskarte&hash=item19c8a2bfb2

                                        i dont understand the 1000mw  idk if we can use that in the USA

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          The AR9220 which that card uses does seem to be supported by the ath(4) driver. See:
                                          http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath_hal&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE
                                          However that's from FreeBSD 9.1 and pfSense 2.1beta is built on 8.3. But I believe the driver may have been back-ported, try searching the 2.1 subforum.
                                          Even so you will only see 'G' speeds because not all the required components are there:
                                          @https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi80211n:

                                          The following 802.11n features would be nice in the short term:

                                          802.11n rate control/selection in net80211 - currently, the rate control modules in net80211 only know about legacy rates

                                          That is from Sep. 2012 so things may have advanced since then.

                                          Steve

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                                            owner524
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                                            I know this may not help but it does see the wifi card is there

                                            none4@pci0:4:0:0:      class=0x028000 card=0x40628086 chip=0x08878086 rev=0xc4                      hdr=0x00
                                                class      = network

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