From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 20:11:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59C5B1065676 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:11:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spawk@acm.poly.edu) Received: from acm.poly.edu (acm.poly.edu [128.238.9.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C76B8FC0A for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:11:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spawk@acm.poly.edu) Received: (qmail 3945 invoked from network); 22 Apr 2008 20:11:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.199?) (spawk@128.238.64.31) by acm.poly.edu with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 22 Apr 2008 20:11:55 -0000 Message-ID: <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:45 -0400 From: Boris Kochergin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071208) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ivan Voras References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless AP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:11:57 -0000 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 ? >