Readily available PCI WLAN card for AP
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Hello,
I'm looking for a readily available, PCI low-profile WIFI card for my (quite) old Jetway J7F2 mainboard.
It will be serving as a WLAN access point for not more than five clients.
According to the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en#gid=0
the ath driver would probably be best.Please help me.
pfSense version: 2.1.4-RELEASE (i386)
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I would recommend to pick up a dedicated AP. Ubiquiti or Cisco maybe. Something with POE & injector if your switch doesn't have it. This way you can put it wherever. It will just work, it will continue working and you won't have to fuss with it.
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At this point 'readily available' for PCI wifi cards is going to mean 'commonly available on ebay'.
You might consider using a PCI-miniPCI adapter since there appear to be many more miniPCI Atheros cards available.
I second Bryan's point that wifi access points can be had very cheaply these days and offer a number of advantages.There are USB devices which work well.
wikidevi is your friend here. Look for cards that feature an Atheros chipset AR5XXX 802.11B+G only. For example the TP-LINK TL-WN651G.
Steve
