A Brief Look at FreeBSD

Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by cperciva on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @08:02PM (#45909140)

FreeBSD has 802.11ac.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by tcmart14 on Thursday November 13, 2025 @12:51AM (#45911201)

But that is still for a limited number of chipsets though right? I would absolutely love to see way more support. I remember awhile back the FreeBSD Foundation putting some serious (on their scale of funds) funds to WiFi.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by cperciva on Thursday November 13, 2025 @01:25AM (#45911418)

I can't remember which chipsets support it. But yes, the FreeBSD Foundation has been putting a lot of money into laptop support, including wifi improvements.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by 0x457 on Thursday November 13, 2025 @02:14PM (#45919205)

Can it actually work at 802.11ac speeds? I recall it maxing out at 22mbps.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by cperciva on Thursday November 13, 2025 @04:33PM (#45920878)

I don't know exactly how fast it runs, and it will absolutely depend on your hardware and network, but I've definitely gotten more than that.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by 0x457 on Thursday November 13, 2025 @05:04PM (#45921238)

I guess it's better now then. To be clear, on linux the very same laptop in the very same location (dual boot) I got proper speed. The issue was entirely in FreeBSD drivers.

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Re:A Brief Look at FreeBSD by cperciva on Thursday November 13, 2025 @06:39PM (#45922157)

Yes, we've definitely had improvements recently. 14.3 was much faster than 14.2 and 15.0 is even faster.

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