From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 5 01:02:49 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 CFB23704; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from p.umatar.com (p.umatar.com [66.135.42.119]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83FB211D6; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by p.umatar.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s1512lrs007939; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:02:47 -0800 Message-ID: <52F18DB5.70407@da3m0n8t3r.com> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:02:45 -0800 From: Waitman Gobble Organization: Waitman Gobble User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Colin Percival , freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended usb wifi device? References: <52F16122.9010106@freebsd.org> <52F17F60.8040900@da3m0n8t3r.com> <52F18C00.2030706@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52F18C00.2030706@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: uzimac@da3m0n8t3r.com 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 01:02:49 -0000 On 2/4/2014 4:55 PM, Colin Percival wrote: > 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. > That's a potential issue. I've only seen that happen with HP laptops, but you should research before spending the ten bucks. -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA