Pfsense router cant see built in wireless
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Stephen,
the link you gave me -
It looks like that's the driver that should support it aswell, the Linux equivalent does: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi
how do i load/install the driver on my pfsense 2.1 machine?
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You don't.
That's a Linux driver and pfSense is built on FreeBSD which isn't Linux.
You need a more recent iwn(4) driver which might support it. Unfortunately recent development drivers will be built on FreeBSD 10 and pfSense 2.1 is built on 8.3 so you need an 8.X backport. It's not trivial.Steve
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and how do you do that
sorry for the novice question
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If someone commits a new version of the driver to /stable/8 you could setup a FreeBSD 8.3 machine and try compiling a new iwn(4) kernel module. Otherwise you'd have to either attempt to backport it yourself or scour the mailing lists for any backported code that may be under development.
It's not easy. ::)
Steve
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ok thanks Steve for your help
ive got a usb wifi dongle, its the WNDA 3100 and the 3100v2 will this work?
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Probably not. :(
The WNDA3100 appears to be an Atheros AR9001 which isn't yet supported by the uath(4) driver.
The WNDA3100v2 appears to be a Broadcom BCM4323 which isn't supported at all AFAIK.For known supported cards look here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en#gid=0Steve
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http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?model=TL-WN821N#spec
will this one as its using the atheros chipset
what would you recommend for a USB network adapter?
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That looks to come in 4 versions. 3 are using the same AR9001 Atheros chipset and 1 an unknown Realtek chipset. I doubt any of them would work.
If you need a USB adapter that will run as an access point then some of the Ralink based devices are recommended. The RT3070 chipset should be supported.
Steve
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this one just comes in one version (atheros) and i think it will work -
http://www.dabs.com/products/tp-link-tl-wn722n-150mbps-high-gain-wireless-usb-adapter-92JW.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc%20product%20search&utm_content=Q200&utm_campaign=Networking%20-%20Network%20Devices%20-%20Network%20Interface%20Cards&origin=pla
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Looks like an AR9002 based device which will not work.
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WN722NThe FreeBSD USB Atheros driver, uath(4), supports only AR5005 devices. 802.11G only.
Try one of these:
http://www.dabs.com/products/tp-link-150mbps-high-power-wireless-usb-adapter-8S25.html?refs=4294946755-4294946753-50010000-50043&src=3I have one here, I know it works. Assuming they only made 1 version that is. ;) I can only find reference to one though.
Some caveats: It doesn't work at N speeds. It can't do channels 12+13. It doesn't work well as a client (fine as an AP).Steve
