On Feb 27 21:42:13, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2011-02-27, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote:
> > I have been using www.pcengines.ch/alix2c1.htm
> > as my home router for years. It is runnig current/i386.
> >
> > Now that I have bought me that Android, I also want wifi.
> > The ALIX has a MiniPCI slot. Can people recommend a MiniPCI
> > wifi card that works well for an AP, preferably tried in the ALIX?
> >
> > (I have read the recent threads considering obsd as an AP,
> > but haven't come to a conclusion about which card to use.)
> >
>
> If you want to do this with OpenBSD, athn(4) is probably the first
> choice, Mikrotik R52n-M is probably the most easily available MiniPCI
> card, SparkLan also have one.
On Feb 28 08:11:14, OSN | Marian Fischer wrote:
> i tested some wifi MiniPCI cards together with an ALIX2xx board.
> The best choice for me was an athn chipset.
> athn0: AR9280 rev 2 (2T2R), ROM rev 21,
On Feb 28 10:25:13, David Coppa wrote:
> >From my experiences,
> 1) athn
> 2) ral
On Feb 28 07:19:52, Russell wrote:
> ath0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "Atheros AR2413" rev 0x01: irq 9
> ath0: AR2413 7.8 phy 4.5 rf 5.6, FCC2A*, address 00:80:48:7e:13:be
> ath1 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Atheros AR2413" rev 0x01: irq 11
> ath1: AR2413 7.8 phy 4.5 rf 5.6, FCC2A*, address 00:80:48:7e:14:36
>
> ral0 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0 "Ralink RT2560" rev 0x01: irq 12,> address
> 00:0e:3b:08:45:41
> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
So, what would a cheap bastard do? Buy the cheapest obsd-supported
MiniPCI wifi card on ebay, obviously. So I did (for about $9):
ral0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "Ralink RT2560" rev 0x01:
irq 9, address 00:11:09:0d:d3:36
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
Works well, apart from an occasional
ral0: device timeout
I like it when OpenBSD puts old crap to work. Thank you!
Anyway, the signal is a bit weak. When I place my Andriod
right beside the ALIX on my desk, it works OK; on the other
side of the desk, various services occasionally time out.
So I probably need to replace it with something that has
an external antena. Or has anyone used a MiniPCI wifi card
that is strong enough to cover a room without an external antena?
Thanks
Jan
OpenBSD 4.8-current (GENERIC) #0: Sun Dec 19 10:23:12 CET 2010
r...@gw.stare.cz:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS ("AuthenticAMD" 586-class) 432
MHz
cpu0: FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,CFLUSH,MMX
real mem = 133791744 (127MB)
avail mem = 121593856 (115MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 12/10/07, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfceb2
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: pcibios_get_intr_routing - function not supported
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing information unavailable.
pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xe0000/0xa800
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD Geode LX" rev 0x31
glxsb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "AMD Geode LX Crypto" rev 0x00: RNG AES
vr0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 10, address
00:0d:b9:12:9f:2c
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063,
model 0x0034
vr1 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 11, address
00:0d:b9:12:9f:2d
ukphy1 at vr1 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063,
model 0x0034
vr2 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "VIA VT6105M RhineIII" rev 0x96: irq 12, address
00:0d:b9:12:9f:2e
ukphy2 at vr2 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 3: OUI 0x004063,
model 0x0034
ral0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "Ralink RT2560" rev 0x01: irq 9, address
00:11:09:0d:d3:36
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525
glxpcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "AMD CS5536 ISA" rev 0x03: rev 3, 32-bit
3579545Hz timer, watchdog, gpio
gpio0 at glxpcib0: 32 pins
pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 2 "AMD CS5536 IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0
wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <CF CARD 4GB>
wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 3871MB, 7928928 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
ohci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 4 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 15, version 1.0,
legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 5 "AMD CS5536 USB" rev 0x02: irq 15
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "AMD EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at glxpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "AMD OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
biomask e1ef netmask ffef ttymask ffff
mtrr: K6-family MTRR support (2 registers)
nvram: invalid checksum
vscsi0 at root
scsibus0 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
clock: unknown CMOS layout
ral0: device timeout
