Known working Wireless cards

stephenw10

A USB device like that will not be shown by pciconf. Try using:

usbconfig dump_device_desc

Steve

burlinwa

@stephenw10 The akisimit is blocking posting results. I did try to give feedback.

stephenw10

I upvoted your posts to give you a higher rep value. Try again.

burlinwa

@stephenw10 I tried, same error.

stephenw10

Try again now, your rep is >5. Or just post it to pastebin or a similar site and link to it.

burlinwa

@stephenw10
I'll try pastebin as it failed again.

burlinwa

@burlinwa ```
Hello,
Here is the pastebin link.
USB plugged in devices are a :
Dell Keyboard
Linksys WUSB6300
Sabrent USB to NIC 2.5GB adapter

The Linksys and Sabrent both appear to be plug & play
The linksys showed up under wireless section.

The Sabrent needs speed tested.
I am not sure if it installed ok, but mmight be limited in full capabilities.

[USB Devices- Linksys WUSB6300 and Sabrent USB NIC 2.5GB] https://pastebin.com/zTwQmwsp

stephenw10

Yes, that's a Realtek device supported by rtwn(4).
It supports hostap mode, you could set that up as an access point.

Steve

burlinwa

@stephenw10 OK Sounds good.
I'll have to find info on setting that up.

I did set it up once already, but I could not figure out how to configure it so it is using my WAN connection with the Linksys device ( User error , I know! LOL)
I got the TP-Linp AP working as well, but same issue ... it is not bridge with my WAN connection so I cannot actually get internet, just connected to WIRELESS connection from my PC.
I'll try again...but am going slower this time and doing backups and making notes in between changes as I am a noob, and had to wipe&reinstall 3 times already. The last time I tried the wireless, it messed something up with my WAN connection and pfsense would not detect it again.
My issue is I am in need of learning the bridging or networks across segments being able to talk to each other and share data. ( It's a home lab, I am not concerned about lan and dmz data.)
Thanks for your fast replies Stephen!

provels

Atheros AR9485 (HP p/n AR5B125) as AP

ath0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x02081028 chip=0x0032168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
device = 'AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter'
class = network

Found these settings (~~somewhere~~) to fix the "stuck beacon" error:
Here it is - Forum Post

hw.ath.bstuck 16
hw.ath.longcal 30
hw.ath.rxbuf 2048
hw.ath.txbuf 896
hw.ath.txbuf_mgmt 80
~~net.inet.tcp.inflight.max 1073725440~~ Invalid
~~net.inet.tcp.inflight.min 3584~~ Invalid

(but always open to suggestions...)

Dobby_

SparkLan WPEA-127N
hostap - AP mode support
Atheros AR9380 - miniPCIe (full-size)
pfSense+ 23.05 Release on PC Engines APU6B4

ath0@pci0:5:0:0:        class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x168c device=0x0030 subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x3112
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter'
    class      = network

Compex WLE200NX
hostap - AP mode support
Atheros AR9280 - miniPCIe (full-size)
pfSense 2.7.0 Development on PC Engines APU4D4

ath0@pci0:5:0:0:        class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x168c device=0x002a subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x3099
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)'
    class      = network

provels

Samsung WIS08BG2X LinkStick Wireless LAN Adapter (Ralink)
(Originally provided with my 2008 Samsung LCD TV)
Working in hostap mode, B/G only.
I never throw anything out!

rum0 on uhub0
rum0: <Abocom 802.11 bg WLAN, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 1> on usbus0
rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528