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    Atheros wireless driver in pfsense 2.1

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      DigitalSpirit
      last edited by

      tested with Rosewill RNX-N360PC

      
      kernel: ath0: <atheros 5416="">mem 0xdd000000-0xdd00ffff at device 12.0 on pci2
      kernel: ath0: [ITHREAD]
      kernel: ath0: AR5416 mac 13.10 RF2133 phy 8.1</atheros> 
      
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        eri--
        last edited by

        I will add it to 2.1 since have tested myself and works better.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          That's excellent news for many people.  :)

          Steve

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            eri--
            last edited by

            Done should be on later snapshots.

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              DigitalSpirit
              last edited by

              new snapshot pfSense don't seeing wifi

              2.1-BETA0 (amd64)
              built on Thu Aug 2 03:21:59 EDT 2012
              FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3
              
              none3@pci0:5:3:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x3071168c chip=0x0023168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                  class      = network
                  bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xfebf0000, size 65536, enabled
                  cap 80[40] = unknown
                  cap 00[80] = unknown
              

              probably need include to kernel if_ath_pci module

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                Waldemar
                last edited by

                Yes unfortunately mine is not seeing the atheros interface either :(

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  This should be OK now for the last couple days.

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                    Kevin666
                    last edited by

                    i want to get a AR9287 to run in hostap mode, does it work with the current beta still? or should i get another card

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                      Clear-Pixel
                      last edited by

                      So can we all assume the AR9287 and older are working properly in AP mode for the new Atheros driver for Pfsense 2.1 Beta1?
                      http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros

                      Still some hardware functions of the AR9287 and older chips not supported as of yet.
                      https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/ath%284%29

                      Alternate Highpower unit for the Ubiquiti Networks SR71-E.

                      Atheros AR9285 / MIMO 1Tx1R
                      High Power - 24dBm
                      http://www.ebay.com/itm/JJPLUS-Expressrange2-PCIe-Mini-Card-802-11N-Highpower-/190499560016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5aa89a50

                      Think this is the manufacture
                      http://www.compex.com.sg/productdetailinfo.asp?model=WLE200N2-23&acc1Panel=1

                      HP EliteBook 2530p Laptop - Core2 Duo SL9600 @ 2.13Ghz - 4 GB Ram -128GB SSD
                      Atheros Mini PCI-E as Access Point (AR5BXB63H/AR5007EG/AR2425)
                      Single Ethernet Port - VLAN
                      Cisco SG300 10-port Gigabit Managed Switch
                      Cisco DPC3008 Cable Modem  30/4 Mbps
                      Pfsense 2.1-RELEASE (amd64)
                      –------------------------------------------------------------
                      Total Network Power Consumption - 29 Watts

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                        zenny
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                        @DigitalSpirit:

                        Atheros driver from freebsd 9.0 compiles and works on pfsense
                        But in kernels that I maked has been broken pfctl
                        and full image creation stops on php

                        I am having the same problem with image creation halting at php (http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,61074.msg354170.html#msg354170).

                        Can you tell me how did you overcome the problem? I am asking because you reported above that you could finally create the NanoBSD images. Thanks!

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