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    Pfsense 2.0 Requests

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • W
      whiplash
      last edited by

      Can you please add the AR9220 drivers in?

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        jlepthien
        last edited by

        pfSense uses FreeBSD as the underlying OS so the FreeBSD devs have to incorporate these drivers…
        If FreeBSD supports it -> pfSense supports it

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          whiplash
          last edited by

          I am aware of that but no one on the FreeBSD site responds to this request, so my next best thing is to ask here.

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            jlepthien
            last edited by

            Is it a big problem to just buy a supported card? They are not that expensive…

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            • Cry HavokC
              Cry Havok
              last edited by

              Then you need to find a FreeBSD developer who's interested.  You'll have to provide them with a card and probably some form of financial reward - driver development is not a trivial task.

              You'll probably be faster and cheaper to follow jlepthien's advice and buy a supported card.

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                versendaal
                last edited by

                I was just a few moments away from ordering an AR9220, assuming it was supported.
                Does anyone have a suggestion for a supported wifi n card? I would really like the 300mbit (i know..around 100mbit would be fine as well..) on minipci. Thanks!

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                • Cry HavokC
                  Cry Havok
                  last edited by

                  Please search the forum for the discussion on 802.11n.  In short currently support isn't available in FreeBSD at this time.

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Some support for 802.11n on ath was just added to FreeBSD 9-CURRENT last week, but some other messages seemed to indicate it may rely on too many other underlying changes in 9 to be MFC'd back to 8-STABLE ever. So even if an 802.11n card was supported there, it wouldn't (and couldn't) make it to 2.0.

                    Though some other Atheros 802.11n cards are supported, just at G speeds.

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                      versendaal
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                      Alright. Thanks for the answers.  :)

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