pfSense Wireless Interfaces

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P
1	Wireless Interfaces		Supported Modes of Operation
2	Driver Name		hostap	station	monitor	adhoc	adhoc demo	mesh	wds	bgscan	wme	wpa	# Virtual Interfaces	Firmware	Kernel Devices	Notes

3	an	Aironet	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	1		an
4	ath	Atheros	Multi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Multi	Yes	Yes	Yes	4		ath, ath_hal, ath_rate_sample	VAPs on 5212, maybe others (one N chip works)
5	bwi	Broadcom	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1	net/bwi-firmware-kmod	bwi, wlan_amrr, firmware
6	bwn	Broadcom 802.11n	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	net/bwn-firmware-kmod	bwn, siba_bwn, wlan_amrr, firmware
7	ipw	Intel Pro/Wireless	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1	ipwfw	ipfw, ipfwfw, firmware	Requires License ACK
8	iwi	Intel Pro/Wireless	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	iwifw	iwi, iwifw, pci, firmware	License ACK needed
9	iwn	Intel AGN	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	iwnfw	iwn, iwnfw, pci, firmware
10	malo	Marvell wireless	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1	URL in man page	malo, firmware
11	mwl	Marvell 802.11N	Multi	Multi	Yes	No	No	Yes	Multi	Yes	Yes	Yes	8 per type	mwlfw	mwl, mwlfw, firmware	Tested with 16 APs and 16 stations at once! (32 wlan clones! whee!)
12	ral	Ralink	Yes	Multi	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Multi	Yes	Some	Yes	No Limit	ralfw	ral, ralfw, wlan_amrr, firmware
13	rum	Ralink USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1		rum, wlan_amrr
14	run	Ralink USB 802.11n	Multi?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	8?	runfw	run, runfw
15	uath	Atheros USB	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1	uathload	uath
16	upgt	Conexant/Intersil PrismGT	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1	URL in man page	upgt
17	ural	Ralink USB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1		ural, wlan_amrr
18	urtw	Realtek USB	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1		urtw
19	wi	Lucent/Intersil Prism	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1		wi
20	wpi	Intel 3945ABG	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	1	wpifw	wpi, wpifw, wlan_amrr, firmware
21	zyd	ZyDAS	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	1		zyd, wlan_amrr
22	ndis	NDIS miniport
23															wlan and bus (USB, PCI, etc) devices assumed
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25	Key		NOTE: Some 802.11n cards are supported, but there may not be any 802.11n rate control, so only A/B/G speed work
26		Yes	Yes - Supported, but only a single instance may be used
27		Multi	Yes, Multiple instances (VAPs, multi-client, etc)
28		Some	Some, certain devices supported by the driver are supported, but not all
29		No	No - Not Supported
30		Blank or ?	Unknown
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