WIRELESS N

owner524

so would this chip work ?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/JJPLUS-MR2-Atheros-AR9220-802-11N-BG-1000mW-Minipci-/110740291506?pt=DE_Computing_Notebook_Porterweiterungskarte&hash=item19c8a2bfb2

i dont understand the 1000mw idk if we can use that in the USA

stephenw10

The AR9220 which that card uses does seem to be supported by the ath(4) driver. See:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath_hal&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE
However that's from FreeBSD 9.1 and pfSense 2.1beta is built on 8.3. But I believe the driver may have been back-ported, try searching the 2.1 subforum.
Even so you will only see 'G' speeds because not all the required components are there:
@https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi80211n:

The following 802.11n features would be nice in the short term:

802.11n rate control/selection in net80211 - currently, the rate control modules in net80211 only know about legacy rates

That is from Sep. 2012 so things may have advanced since then.

Steve

owner524

I know this may not help but it does see the wifi card is there

none4@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40628086 chip=0x08878086 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00
class = network

stephenw10

Unfortunately you're right, it doesn't help. ;)
The fact that is is assigned as 'none' means that no driver has attached to it.

Steve

wallabybob

@owner524:

I know this may not help but it does see the wifi card is there

none4@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40628086 chip=0x08878086 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00
class = network

The 8086 code in the chip field indicates its an Intel chip. But you were inquiring about an Atheros chip. The Linux PCI IDs file says that is a Centrino Wireless-N 2230 chip. No driver attached strongly indicates there is no supported driver for it.

stephenw10

I assumed this is the card first asked about, in the first post.

Steve

owner524

@wallabybob:

@owner524:

I know this may not help but it does see the wifi card is there

none4@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x40628086 chip=0x08878086 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00
class = network

The 8086 code in the chip field indicates its an Intel chip. But you were inquiring about an Atheros chip. The Linux PCI IDs file says that is a Centrino Wireless-N 2230 chip. No driver attached strongly indicates there is no supported driver for it.

yes it was the first chip i talked about an i was wanting to replace it with the Atheros Chip but i dont know about the 1,000mw

stephenw10

You are unsure if 1000mW is legal in the US?
You can always use a very bad antenna! The legality of the rig is the combination of the output power and the antenna gain. You can still be over the limit even with a low power card if the antenna has sufficient dB gain.
The driver has a setting to limit the output power anyway so you could just turn it down.

Steve