On Fri, 14 Jun 2024, Shawn Webb wrote:
Hey Bjoern,
Thank you for taking the time to respond!
On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 08:31:10PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jun 2024, Shawn Webb wrote:
On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 11:21:22PM +0000, Shawn Webb wrote:
Hey all,
Given either an m.2 or mPCIe interface, what would be my best option
for a wireless network adapter that, at a minimum, supports hostap
mode? Hoping for 802.11n or 802.11ac for hostap mode.
11n the options are documented for the drivers and nothing has changed
in years. Theres a few options to pick from if you want hostap.
Most of that hardware is a decade old.
11ac nothing there yet.
I know mesh networking isn't supported (yet) on FreeBSD. I'm hoping
Sorry, but mesh is in FreeBSD (or at least a state of it) and has been
for ages. People used to use it on research in the past.
I believe it is even compiled in by default these days:
% grep -r MESH sys/*/conf/*
sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC:options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft
support
sys/i386/conf/GENERIC:options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft
support
sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC:options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH
sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64:options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable
802.11s draft support
sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64LE:options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable
802.11s draft support
Back in 2018, 802.11s support wasn't functionally complete.
No bit of our wireless implementation is or ever will be.
I had
tried to set up a mesh network with multiple PC-Engines devices, each
using an ath(4) card.
What you do not mention, did it work or did you not manage to get
anything working?
Consulting the resident wifi guru back then,
Adrian Chadd, I learned that the wireless mesh implementation still
had a long ways to go before it could be used in production.
Has something changed since then?
What he said then. No.
I have a couple PC-Engines devices with ath(4) cards gathering dust.
Perhaps I'll try a test deployment of 802.11s and report back.
Thanks,
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Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7
