SG-2100-MAX

JonathanLee

Hello fellow Netgate community members,

What wireless daughter cards are supported by the 2100 if you are using the MAX?

1x M.2 'B' key sockets (SSD, LTE)
1x miniPCIe (WiFi)
microSIM slot

What miniPCIe is recommended?

stephenw10

The only card that I know works is the Compex WLE200NX:

[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/root: pciconf -lv
ath0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x168c device=0x002a subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x3099
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
    class      = network

[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/root: ifconfig ath0_wlan0
ath0_wlan0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	description: OPT1
	ether 04:f0:21:0f:7f:7f
	inet6 fe80::6f0:21ff:fe0f:7f7f%ath0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc
	groups: wlan
	ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g)
	regdomain FCC country US ecm authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 30
	bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 protmode OFF wme burst bintval 0
	parent interface: ath0
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng (autoselect)
	status: no carrier
	nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

Many cards won't work in the 2100 due to a low level compatibility issue in the PCIe bus.

Steve

JonathanLee

@stephenw10 thanks for the heads up.

JonathanLee

@stephenw10 is it plug and play and I start configuration or does it require fresh firmware after I install it?

stephenw10

No need to re-install if you have a compatible card. It will appear as an available parent in the wireless interfaces.

JonathanLee

@stephenw10 Thanks

JonathanLee

@stephenw10 Thanks, it is up and running, I just have to configure it now.

Check it out.

WLAN!!!

Can I use the LAN's subnet and just change/disable the LAN interface? I only had my AP plugged into it.

That way I can clone the old APs SSID so the clients have no changes needed?

JonathanLee

@JonathanLee

JonathanLee

I found how to do it. I just changed the interface assignment for LAN to the card and everything works. I have connections and internet and proxy activity over the WiFi card you recommend thank you.

JonathanLee

@stephenw10 thanks

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Works great

stephenw10

Nice!