working wireless minipci cards in 802.11a or g mode under OpenBSD 4.3

[Dave-348]

Hi all,

I'm looking to compile a list (of at least one :-) working minipci wireless card(s) which reliably run at the fastest supported speed under 802.11a or 802.11g on OpenBSD 4.3.  The minipci card would be intended to run in a Soekris 5501 box.

I've read the OpenBSD docs and searched and read a lot of documents re: BSD support for such devices, but it seems a lot of people are only having success with speeds up to 11Mbps.

I am looking to get specific makes and models of minipci cards please!

Thanks for your feedback.
Regards,
Dave


     
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[Igor Sobrado-3]

In message <722447.62170.qm@...>, Dave writes:
>
> I've read the OpenBSD docs and searched and read a lot of documents re: BSD support for such devices, but it seems a lot of people are only having success with speeds up to 11Mbps.

Try this: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3&arch=i386&format=html
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[Dave-348]

Thanks Igor.  I've read that webpage/manpage and researched several of the cards listed, but I'm looking specifically for confirmation of reliable 54Mbps wireless access from users, not just documentation that says it should work.



--- On Thu, 7/17/08, Igor Sobrado <sobrado@...> wrote:

> From: Igor Sobrado <sobrado@...>
> Subject: Re: [Soekris] working wireless minipci cards in 802.11a or g mode under OpenBSD 4.3
> To: davo_muc@...
> Cc: soekris-tech@...
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 5:11 PM
> In message
> <722447.62170.qm@...>, Dave
> writes:
> >
> > I've read the OpenBSD docs and searched and read a
> lot of documents re: BSD support for such devices, but it
> seems a lot of people are only having success with speeds
> up to 11Mbps.
>
> Try this:
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3&arch=i386&format=html

     
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[Igor Sobrado-3]

In message <792630.11474.qm@...>, Dave writes:
> Thanks Igor.  I've read that webpage/manpage and researched several of the cards listed, but I'm looking specifically for confirmation of reliable 54Mbps wireless access from users, not just documentation that says it should work.

These work better than the Intel/PRO wireless counterparts.
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[Guillaume FORTAINE-2]

Hello,

According to the OpenBSD Current Changelog [1] :

Added a kernel implementation of the 4-way handshake and group-key
handshake protocols of 802.11i, and a software implementation of TKIP
and CCMP, making WPA/WPA2-PSK usable in both station and hostap modes
for bwi(4), malo(4), ral(4), iwn(4), wpi(4), ural(4), rum(4), upgt(4),
and zyd(4).


Especially the ral device drivers [2] :

Amigo AWI-922W. Billionton MIWLGRL. Gigabyte GN-WIKG. Gigabyte GN-
WI01GS. Gigabyte GN-WI02GM. MSI MP54G2. MSI MS-6833. SparkLAN
WMIR-215GN. Tonze PC-620C. Zinwell ZWX-G360.


Unfortunately, these are mainly OEM Devices. However, I was able to find
a International retail store for the SparkLAN WMIR-215GN [3] (but I
didn't buy it at the current time ;~) !)

I have cc'ed Mister Bergamini who is the author of the ral driver. He
will be able to provide a better feedback on the driver status and I am
sure that he will enjoy comments on his side as well ;~) !

Good luck :) !

Best Regards,

[1] http://www.openbsd.org/plus.html
[2] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&format=html
[3]
http://www.oxfordtec.com/uk/p119/SparkLAN-WMIR-215GN-WLAN-802.11n-draft-MiniPCI-Wifi-Module---Laptop-Internal-Ralink-RT2860-Chipset-Wireless-Adapter/product_info.html

Dave wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to compile a list (of at least one :-) working minipci wireless card(s) which reliably run at the fastest supported speed under 802.11a or 802.11g on OpenBSD 4.3.  The minipci card would be intended to run in a Soekris 5501 box.
>
> I've read the OpenBSD docs and searched and read a lot of documents re: BSD support for such devices, but it seems a lot of people are only having success with speeds up to 11Mbps.
>
> I am looking to get specific makes and models of minipci cards please!
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
> Regards,
> Dave
>
>
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[Stuart Henderson]

On 2008-07-17, Guillaume FORTAINE <gui.fortaine@...> wrote:
> http://www.oxfordtec.com/uk/p119/SparkLAN-WMIR-215GN-WLAN-802.11n-draft-MiniPCI-Wifi-Module---Laptop-Internal-Ralink-RT2860-Chipset-Wireless-Adapter/product_info.html

I've got one of those exact cards as an AP, it works nicely. I don't
know if it does 54Mb/s, 11Mb is fine for my use.


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[Guillaume FORTAINE-2]

To quote [1] :

On 01 Jun, jens@xxxxxxxx <jens@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am planning to add wireless capabilities to my OpenBSD router.
I am thinking about getting an 802.11N card however I have not been
able to find any card that is standard PCI and that I can see
verification on that it works on OpenBSD.
If somebody know of any 802.11N PCI card that works with OpenBSD I
would be very happy if you would share the card brand and model with
me:)


ral (4) - Ralink Technology IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless network
devices.
See http://ralink.rapla.net/

ral0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 vendor 0x1814 product 0x0601 rev 0x00:
irq 10, address 00:08:54:af:1a:07
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2860 (rev 0x0101), RF RT2820 (2T3R)

; the best ones.

I am also considering getting a number of PCI NICs for RJ45. 100Mbps
or 1000Mbps. I would be happy for suggestions of these cards as well.


fxp (4) and em (4).

--
Sergey Prysiazhnyi



Best Regards,

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc/2008-06/msg00002.html

Guillaume FORTAINE
"I have root @ Google"

Igor Sobrado wrote:

> In message <792630.11474.qm@...>, Dave writes:
>  
>> Thanks Igor.  I've read that webpage/manpage and researched several of the cards listed, but I'm looking specifically for confirmation of reliable 54Mbps wireless access from users, not just documentation that says it should work.
>>    
>
> These work better than the Intel/PRO wireless counterparts.
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