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    5Ghz PCI Wireless Card Compatible with pfSense?

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      A Former User last edited by

      Hello forum members,

      I'm looking for a dual band PCI wireless card compatible with pfSense. I found this card http://bit.ly/14mttoY but according to this old post it's not compatible with pfSense. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=26369.0 Is there known dual band PCI card compatible with pfSense?

      Thanks,
      xamranshamsi

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        dimkyson last edited by

        pfSense Hardware

        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html

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          A Former User last edited by

          I'd like a certain card, not a list please.  :) And I need one for PCI not PCI Express.

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            A Former User last edited by

            Could someone please help me?

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              wallabybob last edited by

              You want a card to act as AP or WiFi client only?

              AP mode is supported on Atheros chipsets but not many other chipsets. I suggest an eBay search for "atheros PCI 5GHz" and search for dual band devices among the results.

              You might get a good result with a mini-PCI card (for laptop) and a mini-PCI to PCI adapter.

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                A Former User last edited by

                I'd like it to be a wireless AP. Could you give me a few links?

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                  A Former User last edited by

                  This is to bump the topic.  :)

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                    A Former User last edited by

                    Is there such thing as a PCIe to PCI adapter? If so could I use that?

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                      wallabybob last edited by

                      @xamranshamsi:

                      I'd like it to be a wireless AP. Could you give me a few links?

                      You want a link to eBay? You don't know how to do a search on eBay?

                      @xamranshamsi:

                      Is there such thing as a PCIe to PCI adapter? If so could I use that?

                      I don't know of any PCIe to PCI adapters. If I recall correctly I have seen mni-PCI to PCI adapters on eBay particularly suited for WiFi (detachable external antennae).

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                        wallabybob last edited by

                        If you don't want to use eBay, take a look at http://pcengines.ch and click on the Shop link. They have a number of dual band Atheros based mini-PCI cards for sale. Since pfSense is a popular system to run on their Alix boards they might be prepared to "guarantee" a particular card will work with a particular version of pfSense.

                        You would still need to source a mini-PCI to PCI adapter.

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                          A Former User last edited by

                          Thanks for everyone's help, but I'm just going to get a different computer.  :)

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