Fast WIFI on FreeBSD is becoming real.

[Phishfry]

UPDATE: No bluetooth

Are you sure? I am using the same card but in M.2 factor:

ath0@pci0:58:0:0:    class=0x028000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x168c device=0x0034 subvendor=0x1028 subdevice=0x0300
    vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
    device     = 'AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter'
    class      = network

Dell Branded module:

usbconfig:

ugen0.2: <Dell Wireless 1802 Bluetooth 4.0 LE Qualcomm Atheros Communications> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)

 

[Phishfry]

It looks like the driver is not picking up any bluetooth interfaces on AR9462:

ubt0 on uhub1
ubt0: <vendor 0x0cf3 product 0xe006, class 224/1, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 1> on usbus0

service bluetooth start ubt0
/etc/rc.d/bluetooth: ERROR: Unable to setup Bluetooth stack for device ubt0

 

[Phishfry]

Regarding Bluetooth on Atheros AR9462 I looked in our source tree at USB devices and it seems there is no entry for mine.

 

[Phishfry]

I bought some cards AX201 and AX211 and they are not working well for me. They seem to have problems with my AccessPoint and it looks like they are only scanning 2.4GHZ.

Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675 (x/w) - Product Specifications | Intel

Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675 (x/w) quick reference with specifications, features, and technologies.

www.intel.com

WiFi 6 means 6GHZ channels. Is anybody using 6GHZ on FreeBSD? What about DBBS. 2.4GHZ + 5GHZ ?

 

[victort]

Any clue when the 8000 and 9000 series will get the fast ac speeds?

 

[drhowarddrfine]

victort How can anyone answer that? When they figure out how to do it and have the time to work on it is when it will get done.

 

[Espionage724]

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[victort]

victort How can anyone answer that? When they figure out how to do it and have the time to work on it is when it will get done.

Sorry I forgot that the devs use mostly mailing lists. Apologies.

I actually ordered an AX210 so we will see how that performs. That’s if it works in my laptop.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

victort Same thing. Not to harp on you but sometimes I see people online ask, when the power goes out, "How long will it take to fix it?". How the heck does anyone know till they get there to look at it?! How long will that take? What if they're missing something? What if they're not? How long is a piece of string?

 

[victort]

So, I got the card, and it’s working. It’s the AX210.

It is much better than my older AC8260, but it’s still only connecting at 11a and 11g for 5g and 2g respectively.

I have changed the sysctl values that disable 11n and 11ac to be 0, and the mode is showing correctly under ifconfig.

But it’s still not connecting at ac or n. Any ideas?