Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-12-01 Thread Alex French
> From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of > If you really want to use hostap and are having trouble finding a > supported pcie card, it might be easier to find a supported athn or > ral minipcie card and a pcie carrier, this sort of thing: > >

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-12-01 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2016-11-30, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a doubt > about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a hostap

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD"
It seems Ralink chips supports Host AP! http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/ral.4 Le 11/30/16 à 14:01, Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD" a écrit : > It seems few atheros support HostAP mode: > > http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/athn.4 > > AR9380 is too recent!? (and not supported by

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD"
It seems few atheros support HostAP mode: http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/athn.4 AR9380 is too recent!? (and not supported by OBSD, at this time) Le 11/30/16 à 13:38, Stefan Sperling a écrit : > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:07:55PM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: >> Ok, I have found a

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD"
Ok, sorry. After searching about HostAP, as: https://w1.fi/hostapd/ It seems Prism Chips run: http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man4/wi.4 Quote: Host AP In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) for other cards. Only cards based on the Intersil chipsets support this

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:07:55PM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Ok, I have found a good candidate: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800. According to TP-Link's > webpage uses an Atheros AR9380 chip. But, under athn(4) OpenBSD's man page, > this chip doesn't appears for OpenBSD 6.0 ... but it appears under

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 01:22:11PM +0100, Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD" wrote: > Better use: > > - TP-Link TL-WDN3200 - run(4) > - TP-Link TL-WN723N v3 - urtwn(4) > - TP-Link TL-WN725N v2 - urtwn(4) <= i've this, and run correctly! (usb > dongle) > - TP-Link TL-WN727N v3 - run(4) > - TP-Link TL-WN821N

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD"
Better use: - TP-Link TL-WDN3200 - run(4) - TP-Link TL-WN723N v3 - urtwn(4) - TP-Link TL-WN725N v2 - urtwn(4) <= i've this, and run correctly! (usb dongle) - TP-Link TL-WN727N v3 - run(4) - TP-Link TL-WN821N v1 - otus(4), or v4 - urtwn(4) See: http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wireless=1 Le

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Wed 30.Nov'16 at 11:44:13 +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:12:32AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > > I have discoverd that Asus AC88 AC3100 uses BCM4366 chip, but if I am not > > wrong this chip is not supported under OpenBSD, is it right? > > Indeed, BCM4366 won't

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:12:32AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > I have discoverd that Asus AC88 AC3100 uses BCM4366 chip, but if I am not > wrong this chip is not supported under OpenBSD, is it right? Indeed, BCM4366 won't work. There are many Atheros AR9280 devices on sites such as ebay. And

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Wed 30.Nov'16 at 10:26:32 +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a > > doubt about

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Wed 30.Nov'16 at 10:04:25 +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a > >

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a doubt > about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a hostap under >

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 09:00:58AM +, Zé Loff wrote: > From (at least) iwn(4) and iwm(4): > > 802.11n operation is currently limited to data rates MCS 0 to MCS 7 > > Which means you'll get at most 150Mbps with a 40 MHz channel under > perfect conditions. Well, given the lack of 40Mhz

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a doubt > about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a hostap

Re: PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread Zé Loff
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have > a doubt about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a >

PCI Express wireless adapter supported under OpenBSD

2016-11-30 Thread C. L. Martinez
Hi all, I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a doubt about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a hostap under OpenBSD. I have found only these: - Asus PCE-AC88 Wireless 5GHz