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    Intel C1037U pfSense 2.2 Installation no WiFi detection

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      tirsojrp
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      What WiFi card do you have? If it is not detected it probably won't work.

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        mYreme
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        Whats on Sticker or what linux gives?

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Anything is helpful.  :)
          However the best piece of information would be the PCI vendor and device IDs. You dan get that from lspci in Linux.

          Steve

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            mYreme
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            So here's what lspci gave me back

            00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
            00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
            00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
            00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
            00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
            00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
            00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
            00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
            00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
            00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
            00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
            00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
            00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
            01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
            02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
            03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)

            Do You need anything more?

            best regards

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              You'll need to use 'lspci -nn' to show the pci ids.
              However I don't think there's a driver for the bcm43224 so you're probably out of luck.

              Steve

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                mYreme
                last edited by

                So the ID's are the following: 14e4:4353

                Found some discussions on the internet about an FreeBSD driver.
                Maybe possible to compile?

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Do you have a link to those discussions? I can only find references to there being no driver.
                  https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192057#c1

                  Steve

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                    mYreme
                    last edited by

                    I ended up with two threads, more one description and one driver compilation.
                    Don't know if it's ok to post them here?

                    best regards

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Unless the discussions were on some highly suspect site I don't see why it should be a problem. PM them to if you want.

                      Steve

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                        mYreme
                        last edited by

                        Maybe they could help in some way:
                        http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211
                        http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-bcm43224-wireless-linux-driver-on-centos-6-x/

                        best regards

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Unfortunately neither of those are helpful. They both refer to the Linux driver and pfSense is built on FreeBSD, which isn't Linux.

                          Steve

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                            thezfunk
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                            Save yourself the time and trouble and just get an Atheros card that works.  Lucky for you, I have an Intel C1037U and a working WiFi card.  Qualcomm Atheros Wireless AR5BHB92 AR9280 PCI-E Half Mini Card will do the trick.

                            http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JESLUWQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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                              Brrm
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                              @thezfunk:

                              Save yourself the time and trouble and just get an Atheros card that works.  Lucky for you, I have an Intel C1037U and a working WiFi card.  Qualcomm Atheros Wireless AR5BHB92 AR9280 PCI-E Half Mini Card will do the trick.

                              http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JESLUWQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                              I have this card (as well as an AR9462 card) and I couldn't get it to work as a client in 'Infrastructure' mode. I haven't tested AP mode. Did you use it in both modes? If so, what settings did you use?

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                                thezfunk
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                                @Brrm:

                                @thezfunk:

                                Save yourself the time and trouble and just get an Atheros card that works.  Lucky for you, I have an Intel C1037U and a working WiFi card.  Qualcomm Atheros Wireless AR5BHB92 AR9280 PCI-E Half Mini Card will do the trick.

                                http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JESLUWQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

                                I have this card (as well as an AR9462 card) and I couldn't get it to work as a client in 'Infrastructure' mode. I haven't tested AP mode. Did you use it in both modes? If so, what settings did you use?

                                Good point, I have not tried Infrastructure mode.  The last time I tried setting that up I could not get it to work so I haven't even considered it since.  It does work in AP mode just fine.  I got it working on both 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz but it won't do both, simultaneously.  Since I have some 2.4GHz only devices I stuck with 'N'.  I'll check my settings when I get home but it is WPA2 and I picked an empty channel, I think 8.  With my dual 6db antennas it gets quite good coverage.

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                                  mYreme
                                  last edited by

                                  The not supported WiFi PCIe card is the only thing keeping me away from installing pfSense this hardware.
                                  By now I am running it in VMWare ESXi with two other virtual servers going very well.

                                  I cant get this card to my country, and I can't buy on amazon.com :D

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