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    RT2860 WiFi support?

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      dropbear
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      Hello,

      I've managed to install pfsense 2.3.4.
      Everything seems to be working correctly expect for the wireless.
      It is using a RT2860 card.
      I've searched the forums but everything seems to be from about 5 years ago on this chipset…

      Wifi is able to be enabled but is very unstable, android devices get "Denied access to network" after being able to connect once, apple/laptop devices get random discount/data flow issues.
      Is this card supported with this version of Pfsense? Are there other drives available for this wifi card, or should I look to find another wifi card to use?

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        kpa
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        It is supported but with caveats:

        https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ral

        No other drivers that I'm aware of, the manufacturer RaLink doesn't offer any FreeBSD drivers of their own as far as I know.

        I would instead go for an external AP such as one of the entry level models from Ubiquiti:

        https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lite/
        https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lr/

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