Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 20:39:46 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: native USB 802.11n adapter w/ external SMA jacks? Message-ID: <20120902183946.GA88282@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmok5sYg2fykVK=_=_QC=GhE4n8OSMbakEeyOjNWm0VHTQw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120902181216.GI58312@funkthat.com> <CAJ-Vmok5sYg2fykVK=_=_QC=GhE4n8OSMbakEeyOjNWm0VHTQw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 11:15:09AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > On 2 September 2012 11:12, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Please cc me as I'm not subscribed to -wireless. > > > > I'm looking for a 802.11n USB adapter that is supported on ARM w/ external > > SMA jacks. I plan to use this w/ a BeagleBone so clearly ndis drivers > > will not work. > > > > I see plenty of adapters are available, but as usual, they don't list > > which chipset they are based upon, making the decission hard. > > > > I'm looking at 802.11n more for future support, so even just a 802.11bg > > device would be fine. > > I'm not currently aware of any USB wifi devices that are like that. > > I'd suggest first canvassing ebay/google/amazon for some candidates? I don't know about arm but I have here "LogiLink WL0054" which is driven by if_run(4) and comes with an external antenna that's screwed on, the connector looks smaller than what I see on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector but maybe there are adapters? Even with just that screwed-on antenna the range is definitely better than with other usb wifi dongles that have their antenna built in... And it works in hostap mode too, tho I haven't tried 11n myself yet, only g. HTH, :) Juergen
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