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    WIfI M.2 Card 802.11ax on mini PC

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    • Antonio76A
      Antonio76
      last edited by

      Hi All ,

      I was wondering if installing such m.2 card on my PFsense mini PC is supported or , in general, a good idea to replace my unifi AP PRO .

      Thanks for sharing your 2cents with me .

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned @Antonio76
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        @Antonio76 said in WIfI M.2 Card 802.11ax on mini PC:

        I was wondering if installing such m.2 card on my PFsense mini PC is supported or , in general, a good idea to replace my unifi AP PRO .

        Lol, worst idea ever. Do some research and read the post here in the Wireless section.

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        • kiokomanK
          kiokoman LAYER 8
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          no good, i like to tamper and experiment but best solution is to replace your unifi AP with another one. check https://forum.netgate.com/topic/142991/athp-driver
          freebsd does not have 802.11ac working let alone 802.11ax

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by stephenw10

            Yup, not working yet, even in FreeBSD.

            Also generally a worse setup than a separate access point in terms of coverage just from being able to position it suitably.

            If you have the hardware and want to help debug the driver then give it a try but it's not close to production ready at this point.

            Steve

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            • Antonio76A
              Antonio76
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              Gotcha ! cheers guys .

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Did you actually mean 802.11ax? I just read that as 802.11a* but now I'm thinking probably not.

                Advice is still that same except that actual .ax is probably years away! That other thread/driver is for .ac.

                Steve

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                • JKnottJ
                  JKnott @stephenw10
                  last edited by JKnott

                  @stephenw10 said in WIfI M.2 Card 802.11ax on mini PC:

                  Did you actually mean 802.11ax? I just read that as 802.11a* but now I'm thinking probably not.

                  Advice is still that same except that actual .ax is probably years away! That other thread/driver is for .ac.

                  It's here now. Anything that has the "Wi-Fi 6" label is ax.

                  802.11ax

                  PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                  i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                  UniFi AC-Lite access point

                  I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                  • kiokomanK
                    kiokoman LAYER 8
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                    @JKnott
                    he ment that it is years away from FreeBSD and i will say that if things stay the way it is now it will be implemented in no less than 10 years, ... probably more ...

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      That^ exactly. 😉

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