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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
            last edited by

            @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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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Unfortunately you're right, it doesn't help.  ;)
                    The fact that is is assigned as 'none' means that no driver has attached to it.

                    Steve

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                      wallabybob
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                      @owner524:

                      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

                      The 8086 code in the chip field indicates its an Intel chip. But you were inquiring about an Atheros chip. The Linux PCI IDs file says that is a Centrino Wireless-N 2230 chip. No driver attached strongly indicates there is no supported driver for it.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        I assumed this is the card first asked about, in the first post.

                        Steve

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                          owner524
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                          @wallabybob:

                          @owner524:

                          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

                          The 8086 code in the chip field indicates its an Intel chip. But you were inquiring about an Atheros chip. The Linux PCI IDs file says that is a Centrino Wireless-N 2230 chip. No driver attached strongly indicates there is no supported driver for it.

                          yes it was the first chip i talked about an i was wanting to replace it with the Atheros Chip  but i dont know about the 1,000mw

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            You are unsure if 1000mW is legal in the US?
                            You can always use a very bad antenna! The legality of the rig is the combination of the output power and the antenna gain. You can still be over the limit even with a low power card if the antenna has sufficient dB gain.
                            The driver has a setting to limit the output power anyway so you could just turn it down.

                            Steve

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