<![CDATA[Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU) suported?]]>Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU)  suported?

i wont to use it with pfsense.. is there a way if it isn't suported .. driver to be install ?

10x

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/36905/is-alfa-awus036nhr-realtek-rtl8188ru-suportedRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 14:22:42 GMTFri, 02 Sep 2011 16:47:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU) suported? on Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:15:46 GMT]]>@Cry:

I'd suggest that you'd be better off buying a supported network card.

I've had good results with pfSense 2.0 snapshot builds and Tenda W311U and TP-Link WN321G. Both available retail from neighbourhood computer shop for well under the local equivalent of US$20.

It appears the current revision of the WN321G uses a different chipset to the one in my revision but others apparently have the new revision working. One user has reported seeing panics on enabling the W311U but I haven't seen this problem.

Both these devices support Access Point mode but a number of the other supported USB WiFi NICs don't support AP mode.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/294365https://forum.netgate.com/post/294365Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU) suported? on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:22:23 GMT]]>You would have to raise a request against FreeBSD, which pfSense is based on. Be prepared to purchase and donate one of the network cards, and wait months for progress. You'll then have to wait for a version of pfSense that is based upon that underlying version of FreeBSD.

As OpenBSD has some support for that chipset coming then it shouldn't be impossible.

I'd suggest that you'd be better off buying a supported network card.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/294307https://forum.netgate.com/post/294307Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU) suported? on Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:01:36 GMT]]>so no way ? Where can i make request this chipset be supported in next version ?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/294306https://forum.netgate.com/post/294306Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:01:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Alfa AWUS036NHR (REALTEK RTL8188RU) suported? on Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:36:58 GMT]]>It doesn't look like there is any native support for that chipset in FreeBSD and RealTek don't currently supply drivers either.

As such, I'd say you're (currently) out of luck.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/294265https://forum.netgate.com/post/294265Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:36:58 GMT