From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Oct 21 15:58:51 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563B6A1B595 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:58:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from filter04.peak.org (filter04.peak.org [69.59.194.80]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 250AB69D for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:58:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org ([207.55.16.112]) by filter04.peak.org ({b5578ef9-c87c-4111-97f7-092309db775d}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20151021155848406_0000 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:48 -0700 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CBE28585FC for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B201160D1C for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zmail-mta02.peak.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail-mta02.peak.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id IjksBlZTUNM4 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailproxy-lb-06.peak.org (mailproxy-lb-06.peak.org [207.55.17.96]) by zmail-mta02.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FE0F5795E for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carlj by elk.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Zovmj-0000C8-HI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:41 -0700 From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless adapter for hostapd? References: <87a8rcnb15.fsf@elk.localnet> <86r3kolosc.fsf@gmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:58:41 -0700 In-Reply-To: <86r3kolosc.fsf@gmail.com> (Malcolm Matalka's message of "Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:27:15 +0000") Message-ID: <87wpugkyby.fsf@elk.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-DLP-ENABLED: 207.55.16/22 X-MAG-OUTBOUND: peakinternet.redcondor.net@207.55.16/22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:58:51 -0000 Malcolm Matalka writes: > Carl Johnson 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