From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 5 00:55:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9696627 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:55:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from o3.shared.sendgrid.net (o3.shared.sendgrid.net [208.117.48.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 612E91137 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:55:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sendgrid.info; h=from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpapi; bh=ZCeY1cD8nrcqdb8NsVmLmyaoPjw=; b=RqsJZmrfWm4qAhBZdI l03hd2POpQ9fn7eL6geI6nTl/2Pj13R5VS1rVn/0rfcPVGGOg63pvkcKnYcjfM4i +ASUz/0CqlFCw6J+hwNelBTfqAguePXp8+WhEY5Xa9+jpqQMSP0JbNc4Z7hXKTPZ +IsI9fnalxY12xTqyV+Hz0siA= Received: by mf163.sendgrid.net with SMTP id mf163.11604.52F18C196 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:55:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.tarsnap.com (unknown [10.100.60.97]) by ismtpd-013 (SG) with ESMTP id 143ff8b43e7.70f7.2e8cd2 for ; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:55:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: (qmail 28467 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2014 00:55:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO clamshell.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by ec2-107-20-205-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com with ESMTP; 5 Feb 2014 00:55:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 13560 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2014 00:55:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO clamshell.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by clamshell.daemonology.net with SMTP; 5 Feb 2014 00:55:28 -0000 Message-ID: <52F18C00.2030706@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:55:28 -0800 From: Colin Percival User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended usb wifi device? References: <52F16122.9010106@freebsd.org> <52F17F60.8040900@da3m0n8t3r.com> In-Reply-To: <52F17F60.8040900@da3m0n8t3r.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SG-EID: aXBajzjqM1tim1z27dWVWdIPq2oWcPFj77ndetguxyfD28IxOqocp9iR5n4dRUXwggqd3SFLkbOXekUIrGQ13s6hTK66d/XzDvO3AkjdF66wBUCml6FUyo6FtfDSkrd8EvlTnacQBKAVCTqH6PZsH4SD0h8mzvw/zx6gpolgGL8= X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:55:54 -0000 On 02/04/14 16:01, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Ralink is a good choice esp. for USB. You might have trouble using other > supported chipsets which are connected to the USB port. > > Also note that the wireless card in the laptop can be replaced for about ten > bucks. It's typically the easiest thing to replace in a laptop. If you decide to > swap out your wifi card I'd recommend Atheros. I considered that, but I've heard rumours about laptop BIOSes blacklisting wifi cards from other manufacturers, so I figured a USB device was an easier solution. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid