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You don't need a dongle, just purchase a supported wifi card. I put a supported atheros card in my framework laptop and the wifi works flawlessly, natively. The

You don't need a dongle, just purchase a supported wifi card. I put a supported atheros card in my framework laptop and the wifi works flawlessly, natively. The framework laptop is designed to be opened and have the parts replaced, so its the perfect laptop for doing hardware changes like this.

Klonoar 4y ago
Does this actually support operating on 5GHz, or is it still stuck in the 2.4GHz era? I'm not aware of any FreeBSD-compatible wifi cards that actually do this. (I would love to be proven wrong, but I'm super tired of people saying "wifi cards work fine on FreeBSD" when the reality is that the speeds are sub-optimal without a way to improve it currently)
- prmoustache 4y ago
  On the other hands 2.4GHz is perfectly fine for a lot of people. Actually I often select 2.4GHz on purpose at home because 5GHz works really bad with thick walls and I barely get any network in my kitchen and rooftop. People will say it is easy, setup a mesh network or some powerline adapters but: 1. It is much more expensive 2. It is not practical in an old flat with very few power outlets, especially when you are not the owner. And I don't really run into use case where running 2.4GHz limits me.
- craftkiller 4y ago
  Yep! Its both 2.4ghz and 5ghz, but only 802.11n which is fine. Certainly not the newest wifi standard, but 802.11n is plenty fast. dmesg | grep ath: [ath_dfs] loaded [ath_rate] loaded [ath] loaded ath0: <Atheros AR946x/AR948x> mem 0x7a200000-0x7a27ffff at device 0.0 on pci2 ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes ath0: [HT] enabling short-GI in 20MHz mode ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled ath0: [HT] LDPC transmit/receive enabled ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams ath0: AR9460 mac 640.3 RF5110 phy 0.0 ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0000 ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping I confirmed by checking wpa_cli scan_results and I saw my 5ghz-only ssid (not listing the output here for privacy) Its an AR9462 which I purchased off thinkpenguin
  - Klonoar 4y ago
    Appreciate it! This is helpful and the kind of info I like seeing. :)

Klonoar 4y ago

Does this actually support operating on 5GHz, or is it still stuck in the 2.4GHz era? I'm not aware of any FreeBSD-compatible wifi cards that actually do this. (I would love to be proven wrong, but I'm super tired of people saying "wifi cards work fine on FreeBSD" when the reality is that the speeds are sub-optimal without a way to improve it currently)

prmoustache 4y ago
On the other hands 2.4GHz is perfectly fine for a lot of people. Actually I often select 2.4GHz on purpose at home because 5GHz works really bad with thick walls and I barely get any network in my kitchen and rooftop. People will say it is easy, setup a mesh network or some powerline adapters but: 1. It is much more expensive 2. It is not practical in an old flat with very few power outlets, especially when you are not the owner. And I don't really run into use case where running 2.4GHz limits me.
craftkiller 4y ago
Yep! Its both 2.4ghz and 5ghz, but only 802.11n which is fine. Certainly not the newest wifi standard, but 802.11n is plenty fast. dmesg | grep ath: [ath_dfs] loaded [ath_rate] loaded [ath] loaded ath0: <Atheros AR946x/AR948x> mem 0x7a200000-0x7a27ffff at device 0.0 on pci2 ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes ath0: [HT] enabling short-GI in 20MHz mode ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled ath0: [HT] LDPC transmit/receive enabled ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams ath0: AR9460 mac 640.3 RF5110 phy 0.0 ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0000 ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping I confirmed by checking wpa_cli scan_results and I saw my 5ghz-only ssid (not listing the output here for privacy) Its an AR9462 which I purchased off thinkpenguin
- Klonoar 4y ago
  Appreciate it! This is helpful and the kind of info I like seeing. :)