WLE200NX wireless card not detected pfSense 2.4.x - What did I do wrong?
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Hi Preacher22,
I've took a closer look to the SG-3100 webpage. The i found this: "Flexibility is built in to the SG-3100 with upgrade options such as a m.2 SATA SSD, LTE cellular, or mPCIe Wi-Fi."
So at all the SG-3100 ssems to support an mPCIe slot!
Sorry for that. But in the manual there is no word about such an option.So the best is to make an call to netgate why the wifi card won't work into their SG-3100!
best regards
DirkPS: I use 2 Atheros 9280 wifi cards (i.e. WLE200NX) into my fw box an they working as expected. But the box use an intel cpu an not an arm cpu.
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Hey Monstermania,
I really appreciate that you took the time to take a closer look and I’m relieved to hear that it appears that the SG-3100 May support the wle200nx after all.
When I can reach Netgate I will update the thread and let you guys know what was said
As before, any additional suggestions are welcome in the meantime!
Thanks again monstermania and everyone else for your suggestions and efforts regarding this issue
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Sorry to have to reply here with bad news but I have to say I have tried to use that card in the SG-3100 and never managed to make it work.
We are investigating it but it appears to be fairly low level since it is not seen even by the uboot pci listing.Other mPCIe cards do work in the mPCIe slot though.
Currently I using an m.2 wifi card in the one I have here and that works just fine. Using an Atheros QCNFA335 card which is 2.4GHz only.
Steve
Edit: Wrong part number! ::)
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No no thats great news, anything that helps me understand whats going on here…
Purchasing another wifi card is very minor, I'll pick up one of the cards you suggested.
In the meantime, please do let me know if you manage to get the wle200nx working. More importantly though, it would be good to understand more about why the wle200nx would be having trouble with the sg-3100 I would be very interested in your findings as they develop. Do you have another thread going that I can monitor?
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This is probably the best thread for that. We do have an internal ticket open to track the issue but I don't think it's public currently. I'll update the thread with any progress.
I'm hoping to test a NFA222 based card but haven't got hold of one yet. It should be similar to one I'm running but has a chipset that can do 5GHz too. The FreeBSD 11 drivers should support it. They seem to be far more rare though.
Steve
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Sounds good! Thanks again for your efforts with this!
I received an update from Netgate, indeed the wle200nx was supported but is confirmed by them as being currently problematic. No details were provided but they were nice enough to offer to pass along a request for a confirmed working wireless card to their technicians. So that was pretty nice of them!
I’ll update this thread with that information when I receive it.
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Coincidentally the attending technician to my request is also using the Qualcomm Atheros QCNFA335 in his SG-3100 so this card is indeed currently supported… A 5ghz option would have been a nice perk but I'm perfectly happy with 2.4ghz anyhow.
Looking forward to seeing that NFA222 card posted in the known working wireless cards section for you! Good luck!!
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Updating for completeness. The Qualcomm Atheros QCNFA222 works just fine in the SG-3100. It is 2.4/5GHz and 2x2 so significantly better than the QCNFA335.
Steve
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Hey @stephenw10 thank you for complementary information. I'm considering buying SG-3100 with wifi module, but does the case have holes for antennas please?
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Very late to the party here but no it doesn't have predrilled holes. You can drill holes or use adhesive type flat antennas on the inside of the case.
Steve
