From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 23:02:02 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BC09CE2 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x230.google.com (mail-we0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDF9D3FA for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wegp1 with SMTP id p1so26579035weg.1 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:02:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=+33FdIuRUutOTkMd+yqGqH/dKUGiVtuZJS1GXgjNE5Y=; b=kuk5bEDCjP1hnzjDe9X1nGpTT3OQK/SG0J09jqarx1f1B/DZjc/2tQE4+gIeDG3Ez5 uzeUsC5k+Blk3cZdds2h9xPxZmYJxTz4u82w2ikCNPYEATDv1BOX0ZIAziUvbpX80rxH yWf50a1UH4gzRB06KVUv27+nLu9XmEsDb0ylhaj/kYhDLqvggfrAr4mMVCqiBiuZW/QI iSB0Fx3OFym7+BYuyQCC/Zpt5NY0uX7oayJ1gr66AxKmYNunw0X8JxK13fg0iLM/V7lh stAetjSNptwHP4kgB3UBmIoYth/q/dMVLwuD08wdb4vkvBXQFzCcTe47rIFobBXDvIaA 0/iQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.195.12.35 with SMTP id en3mr112911470wjd.129.1426460520068; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:02:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.27.214.136 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:01:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55060984.9030301@sentry.org> References: <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> <55060984.9030301@sentry.org> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:01:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recommended WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM projects? From: Waitman Gobble To: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:02:02 -0000 On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Trevor Roydhouse wrote: > Ian Lepore wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 02:22 +0900, Brendan Sechter wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for thoughts, opinions and recommendations regarding WiFi / >>> Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM FreeBSD projects. My requirements are >>> 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0. The ideal module is low cost, works with >>> minimal >>> effort and also has a USB dongle approximation for early stage >>> development. >>> -Brendan >> >> >> Right now, USB is pretty much your only option for bluetooth and wifi on >> freebsd-arm. All the other chips I've seen that aren't USB are SDIO, >> and we have no SDIO infrastructure for talking to anything except an >> sdcard. > > > For WiFi, given my issues with a USB WiFi dongle stalling with the RPi B+ > (if_urtwn driver), I used one of those $US 10-12 pocket wireless N routers > (the size of a thumb drive) sourced from eBay which connects to the ethernet > port, is powered from a USB port, and joins the WiFi network as a client. > Works well. > > -- > Trevor Roydhouse > BJuris, LLB, LLM (UNSW) > Systems Developer > Australasian Legal Information Institute Web : www.austlii.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" If you are planning on using hostapd, I'm pretty sure the only available option (USB, anyway) is the Ralink RT5390 . -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 510-830-7975