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    Adding a tp-link wireless pcie card ac1900

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      Spiffy
      last edited by

      Hi guys,

      I'm trying to add a pcie card to my pfsense hardware, the whole thing sits on an AMD platform with athlon CPU.

      I'm not sure if the system is even detecting the card, I don't see it as an interface in wireless

      This is the card: https://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-Archer-T9E-Beamforming-Low-profile/dp/B00TQEX7AQ

      This is a readable pciconf:

      none1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x061914e4 chip=0x43a014e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
          vendor    = 'Broadcom Corporation'
          device    = 'BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter'
          class      = network
          bar  [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfd3f8000, size 32768, enabled
          bar  [18] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfd000000, size 2097152, enabled
          cap 01[48] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
          cap 05[58] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
          cap 09[68] = vendor (length 68)
          cap 10[ac] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(256) RO NS link x1(x1)
                      speed 2.5(2.5) ASPM disabled(L0s/L1)
          ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected
          ecap 0003[13c] = Serial 1 ec0800ffff000000
          ecap 0004[150] = Power Budgeting 1
          ecap 0002[160] = VC 1 max VC0
          ecap 0018[1b0] = LTR 1
          ecap 0015[220] = Resizable BAR 1

      UPDATE:
      Initially I wasn't able to find the card, but here it is…

      Anyone have an advice for me on why it is not showing up in wireless?

      Thanks.

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        Nullity
        last edited by

        FreeBSD does not support 802.11ac.

        Whether it can run in 802.11n mode or maybe it is completely unsupported, I don't know.

        Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
        -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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          kklouzal
          last edited by

          I purchased the exact same card a while back when I got all new hardware to build a state of the art PF box. Should have done my homework beforehand. Now I wait with the card in the PCIe slot, checking every couple months for a new update to pfsense/FreeBSD that brings AC1900 support! T_T

          Unfortunately the idea around here is 'wireless sucks, get an AP'

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            Nullity
            last edited by

            @kklouzal:

            I purchased the exact same card a while back when I got all new hardware to build a state of the art PF box. Should have done my homework beforehand. Now I wait with the card in the PCIe slot, checking every couple months for a new update to pfsense/FreeBSD that brings AC1900 support! T_T

            Unfortunately the idea around here is 'wireless sucks, get an AP'

            Yeah… WiFi tends to require proprietary drivers unavailable to FreeBSD.

            Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
            -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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