Hello,
I just tried the latest GhostBSD live on my Dell laptop Inspiron 13-5378.
I want to switch from W10 to GhostBSD.
However, the wifi device was not recognised and there is no lan card on this laptop.
The wifi hardware is a Qualcom Atheros QC6174 802.2ac (pciconf -lv).
Is there any way use is on FreeBSD or do I have to stick with Windows (help ) ?
Atheros QC6174 801.2ac
Re: Atheros QC6174 801.2ac
AC support is not that great on FreeBSD base os and even worst with Qualcom Atheros.
Re: Atheros QC6174 801.2ac
Well, so, back to the days we had to use some special usb sticks for wifi ...
I may have a wifi N stick somewhere. Believe it or not but I was really close to trash it last month !
If it dont works, wich usb stick is the best option for GhostBSD ?
I may have a wifi N stick somewhere. Believe it or not but I was really close to trash it last month !
If it dont works, wich usb stick is the best option for GhostBSD ?
Re: Atheros QC6174 801.2ac
Well, well, I installed GhostBSD and I'm writing from it
But my search for smooth Wifi is not over.
Right now I use an (old) stick with AR9170 chipset so I'm stuck with wifi g.
What should I buy to get decent Wifi N since Wifi AC or AX seems not for today ?
But I need a little help for configuration.
In rc.conf I have :
and in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf I have :
After boot I have no wifi so I just configure it with command lines :
and wifi is ok then.
What am I missing in the config files ?
But my search for smooth Wifi is not over.
Right now I use an (old) stick with AR9170 chipset so I'm stuck with wifi g.
What should I buy to get decent Wifi N since Wifi AC or AX seems not for today ?
But I need a little help for configuration.
In rc.conf I have :
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if_otus_load="YES"
wlans_otus0="wlan0"
wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
synchronous_dhclient="YES"
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="2.4bgn"
priority=146
scan_ssid=1
psk="xxxxxx"
}
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev otus0
wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &
dhclient wlan0
What am I missing in the config files ?
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Re: Atheros QC6174 801.2ac
you did well to get it working. You have done the right configuration setup. Congratulations. Comment on your full setup for the chip you have, when it is working.
Edit 3 files
/boot/loader.con
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Here is more details on setting up manually an internet connection with two different devices
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=526 Edimax EW-7811un RTL8192cu
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=570 RTL8188CE PCI Wifi device
bsd-hardware.info hw-probe -all -upload nomadbsd.org has the hw-probe application builtin.
I believe it can be downloaded using software station on GhostBSD.
Edit 3 files
/boot/loader.con
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Here is more details on setting up manually an internet connection with two different devices
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=526 Edimax EW-7811un RTL8192cu
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=570 RTL8188CE PCI Wifi device
bsd-hardware.info hw-probe -all -upload nomadbsd.org has the hw-probe application builtin.
I believe it can be downloaded using software station on GhostBSD.