Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:41 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless adapter for hostapd? Message-ID: <87wpugkyby.fsf@elk.localnet> In-Reply-To: <86r3kolosc.fsf@gmail.com> (Malcolm Matalka's message of "Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:27:15 %2B0000") References: <87a8rcnb15.fsf@elk.localnet> <86r3kolosc.fsf@gmail.com>
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Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com> writes: > Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> writes: > >> I am trying to set up a Raspberry Pi as an access point, but FreeBSD >> doesn't support hostap mode on the adapters (urtwn) that I have. Does >> anybody have any suggestions on where I could buy an adapter that >> FreeBSD does support hostap mode? Looking at the man pages seems to >> indicate that very few are supported for anything other than normal >> station mode. >> >> Thanks for any information. > > > I've had success with this: > > http://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/accessories/wifi-dongles/wifi-dongle-nano-usb/?search=wifi That looks good, but I would prefer to find a US supplier so that I don't have to place an international order. > Basically, you need to find things with specific chipsets that support > hostedap. Ralink 5370 is one of them. The problem is that most adapters don't say what chipset is in them. > However, I've had trouble getting more than 80KB/s out (although I can > max out the in at ~1MB/s) of this on my RPi1. I'm not sure where the > problem is because I just don't know enough about it, perhaps someone > else knows how to debug/tune it. Sorry, but I can't help with that. Thanks for your information. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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