Wifi 5ghz (802.11ac) with compex WLE600vx

kymai

Hello,

someone knows if one day my 5ghz wifi card will be compatible on pfsense (freebsd) ?

Regards,

K

kiokoman

maybe in 6 or 7 years

stephenw10

Ha, that's pessimistic! It's already partly supported if you're willing to do some work.

[2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv athp0
athp0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003c168c rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'QCA986x/988x 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter'
    class      = network

No actual .ac mode there yet. Though I am a bit behind there, things may have moved forward since I last checked.

Steve

kymai

Hi @stephenw10 ,

Thanks for your answer, you're on the beta version.
the drivers are recognized automatically or did you have to install the drivers manually?

Kymai

stephenw10

They are not included though the supporting components now are: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9538

You need to compile the module and copy it across to get it running in pfSense. see: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/142991/athp-driver
Probably better to continue that thread than here.

Steve

kymai

@stephenw10,
thank you, will compilation work on 2.4.4?
Kymai

stephenw10

Nope. The driver is FreeBSD 12 only which means pfSense 2.5.

Steve

kymai

Thank you stephenw10