Known working Wireless cards
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In present time, What is the best card (mini PCIe card) that supports WIFI N ?
I'm looking for replace (AzureWave AW-NU706H), card is WIFI N, but pfsense allow only A/B/G.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=136224.0Ditto. What's the best internal Mini PCIe board of choice for FreeBSD 11.1 / pfSense 2.40? PC Engines sells this one, so I assume it's at the top or close to it?
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Ditto. What's the best internal Mini PCIe board of choice for FreeBSD 11.1 / pfSense 2.40? PC Engines sells this one, so I assume it's at the top or close to it?
https://pcengines.ch/wle200nx.htmYes, this card works, under pfSense 2.3.4p1 even perfect. Under 2.4.0 I am having smaller issues: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=138260.0
I will create a ticket for it soon.
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I have been trying unsuccessfully for a while to get pfsense working on a laptop to function as a wifi access point
I had an affiliate of mine order a WLE200NX wireless card for me after we tried a dozen different atheros wireless adapters in a handful of old laptops without any success
This card was suggested to me by a sales rep with netgate - after reading the previous post confirming that it should work, I'm strongly leaning towards the conclusion that I'm doing something wrong because while it works with windows, when the same box is nuked and paved with pfsense, the card cant be detected.
The process I used was to swap in the wifi adapter, then fresh install pfsense 2.4.2 (latest version as of this writing) on the laptop in question. At the end of the installation the application will ask to assign interfaces, at this stage, the wireless adapter is not listed (only the ethernet adapter is listed) and the card considered not compatible.
I don't want to hijack this thread though, but at the same time I thought I should post my experience as it appears to be relevant here. I created my own thread where I'm hoping someone can point out what I'm doing wrong and what the actual process to drop a card into a laptop and install pfsense is… Its here in the wireless section...
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The process I used was to swap in the wifi adapter, then fresh install pfsense 2.4.2 (latest version as of this writing) on the laptop in question. At the end of the installation the application will ask to assign interfaces, at this stage, the wireless adapter is not listed (only the ethernet adapter is listed) and the card considered not compatible.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/2.4_New_Features_and_Changes#Wireless
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OMG THANK YOU!
Any explanation of the trouble this has caused me or the relief you've brought me would be an understatement.
;D
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Looking through the forum this seems to be the best place to ask this for I haven't seen it discussed elsewhere.
Can someone recommend an 802.11AC MiniPCIE card for use with pfSense? I had already bought one using the FreeBSD hardware list as a guide on what is compatible. However, I was told here:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=141663.0
that, not all FreeBSD drivers are included in the pfSense kernel, even though we are told this on the main pfSense main page.
Thanks!
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I've used the TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 for a few years. It works very well because it uses the ath9k driver, but unfortunately I haven't gotten good reliability from them. Both of mine died after about two years. Sorry I don't have pciconf for it, but I'm using an old dual radio router as an AP while I decide if I want to replace the WDN4800 or find something else.
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none2@pci0:0:20:3: class=0x028000 card=0x00348086 chip=0xa3708086 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak]'
class = network
cap 01[c8] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D3 current D0
cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
cap 10[40] = PCI-Express 2 root endpoint max data 128(128) FLR RO NS
cap 11[80] = MSI-X supports 16 messages
Table in map 0x10[0x2000], PBA in map 0x10[0x3000]
ecap 0000[100] = unknown 0
ecap 0018[14c] = LTR 1
ecap 000b[164] = Vendor 1 ID 16Not sure why it lists it as none, but it is the built in wifi card with the mobo and PFSense can not see it. Kinda sucks cause it was the only reason I bought this mobo, I could have gone much cheaper but I wanted one with built in wifi
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It's listed as none because there are no drivers for that particular 802.11ac card for FreeBSD (yet, see below). Do yourself a big favour and stop trying to get internal Wifi NICs working on pfSense/FreeBSD, get an external AP like one of the Ubiquiti entry level models.
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports
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Interesting this thread is so old, but still new posts. Are there any updates to this for latest PFSense using FreeBSD 11? I just wasted a few dollars on an wifi usb/AC adapter that I could have sworn was in 11's compatibility list. @kpa The problem is, we need captive portal for a guest wifi. We don't care if it's an older/slower model. The wifi has to be a USB adapter as well (Netgate SG-1000) as usb is the only option. There are lots of inexpensive usb wifi adapters that should work according to compatibility list, but If someone has a known working one, please post. Thank you!
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@sbrock99 .. i have just bought a mb with this same wifi as you (AC 9560), did you find a way to get it to work?
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@no_one I gave up, the ones people say work, don't. Probably because the SG-1000 is different CPU then your normal freebsd box. What I did instead is get a USB to Ethernet plug and an external router. Not optimal and I can't do this at 10 locations, so we're looking at other routers... The USB to Ethernet plug seems more supported and worked straight away.
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I have this WiFi card, could be supported on pfsense?
07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
I forgot to mention that it's from lspci command in centOS 8.
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It should be supported by the wpi driver.
Note the hostap mode is a bit odd on that card/driver if you wanted to use it as an access point.
Steve
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@stephenw10 So we can't reverse it. And i still have to use kvm or proxmox.
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Reverse it? Not sure what you mean. You should start a new thread and detail what it is you're trying to do.
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@stephenw10 I mean put my lan as wan and wifi as AP. I already test it that way, this WiFi can not work in AP mode.
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It doesn't surprise me that cannot work as an AP given it only support some quasi hostap mode. Nothing we can do about that.
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@stephenw10 It looks like i have to buy a new WiFi card. Do you have recommendations what chipset can work along with pfsense on kvm.
Last night i retested my WiFi card using various mode on kvm networking, nothing works. While my pfsense on virtualbox works like a charms.
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Why not just buy a proper access point? That way you won't have to worry about finding a card that works with pfSense and you can put it in the best location. Also, many support PoE, so you don't have to worry about having AC handy,
