Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:45 -0400 From: Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless AP? Message-ID: <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> In-Reply-To: <fulfqf$grf$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <fulfqf$grf$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Do you know about http://ralink.rapla.net/? The RT2500-based cards listed there are supported by the ural(4) driver. There's a discouraging comment about using them for access points in the man page, though: CAVEATS The ural driver does not support automatic adaptation of the transmit speed in IBSS and HostAP operating modes. -Boris Ivan Voras wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to set up an AP by adding an USB wifi card to a > 7.0-RELEASE machine, and I'm interested in a couple of things: > > - First, hardware compatibility - AFAIK only some cards support AP > mode? Can anyone recommend such USB wireless hardware, preferably in > terms of product names instead of chip names? I see the following > cards in a local store: BANDRIDGE CWN4002G, CANYON WF-518D, CANYON > WF-518, LINKSYS WUSB54GC. > > - Are there any tips & tricks additional to the instructions on > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html ? >
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