freebsd stable - Jan 2015 - Recommended PCIe Wireless Card for FBSD as Access Point

Dear FreeBSD friends,

I can proudly announce that I'm running FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE on a HP
Proliant Gen8 micro server for a couple of weeks now. I'm very 
satisfied with the services of the system.

The micro server has a free empty PCIe2 x16(8,4,1) slot. I want to mount a
PCIe wireless card into this slot and add Access Point as an extra service 
to this machine. I'm aware of chapter 31.3.6. with title FreeBSD Host 
Access Points out of the FreeBSD handbook. So next to fit into the slot and
to be supported by FreeBSD 10+ generally, the card should also be able to
support HOSTAP.

Can someone recommend me a wireless card that would fulfill the
requirements? I would very much appreciate your advice.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With kind regards,
Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
De jrus wah,

Wiel

*************************************
 W.K. Offermans

Anything based on an Atheros "n" card should be fine. AR9280, for
example, is fairly common and well-supported.
> On Jan 23, 2015, at 4:55 AM, Willy Offermans <Willy at
Offermans.Rompen.nl> wrote:
> 
> Dear FreeBSD friends,
> 
> I can proudly announce that I'm running FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE on a HP
> Proliant Gen8 micro server for a couple of weeks now. I'm very 
> satisfied with the services of the system.
> 
> The micro server has a free empty PCIe2 x16(8,4,1) slot. I want to mount a
> PCIe wireless card into this slot and add Access Point as an extra service 
> to this machine. I'm aware of chapter 31.3.6. with title FreeBSD Host 
> Access Points out of the FreeBSD handbook. So next to fit into the slot and
> to be supported by FreeBSD 10+ generally, the card should also be able to
> support HOSTAP.
> 
> Can someone recommend me a wireless card that would fulfill the
> requirements? I would very much appreciate your advice.
> 
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> With kind regards,
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
> De jrus wah,
> 
> Wiel
> 
> *************************************
> W.K. Offermans
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The micro server has a free empty PCIe2 x16(8,4,1) slot. I want to mount
a
> PCIe wireless card into this slot and add Access Point as an extra service 
> to this machine. I'm aware of chapter 31.3.6. with title FreeBSD Host 
> Access Points out of the FreeBSD handbook. So next to fit into the slot and
> to be supported by FreeBSD 10+ generally, the card should also be able to
> support HOSTAP.
> 
> Can someone recommend me a wireless card that would fulfill the
> requirements? I would very much appreciate your advice.
I haven?t tried it in AP mode, but I?m otherwise very happy with the TP-Link
TL-WN881ND PCIe card (168c:002d, AR9227, about 14 Euros).  TP-Link seems to use
Atheros chips predominantly, so it?s always a good bet.


Stefan

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