Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 05:56:24 -0600 From: PseudoCylon <moonlightakkiy@yahoo.ca> To: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: native USB 802.11n adapter w/ external SMA jacks? Message-ID: <CAFZ_MYLkkND6318NCf2A7dE3wVfMLMd2_AKVepxZYToaq9zPQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 00:14:25 -0700 > From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> > Subject: Re: native USB 802.11n adapter w/ external SMA jacks? > To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> > Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20120903071425.GJ58312@funkthat.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Adrian Chadd wrote this message on Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 11:15 -0700: >> On 2 September 2012 11:12, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Please cc me as I'm not subscribed to -wireless. >> > >> > I'm looking for a 802.11n USB adapter that is supported on ARM w/ external >> > SMA jacks. I plan to use this w/ a BeagleBone so clearly ndis drivers >> > will not work. >> > >> > I see plenty of adapters are available, but as usual, they don't list >> > which chipset they are based upon, making the decission hard. >> > >> > I'm looking at 802.11n more for future support, so even just a 802.11bg >> > device would be fine. >> >> I'm not currently aware of any USB wifi devices that are like that. >> >> I'd suggest first canvassing ebay/google/amazon for some candidates? > > As I said earlier, I've found a number of devices that do have the > connector, but the problem is that trying to figure out which driver > they use is a bit difficult... It looks like the Hawking HWUN1 (run) > would work, but it's no longer sold.. > > I also noticed that many of the USB drivers are listed as supporting > only one virtual interface at a time, though run doesn't list that > limitation... Does run support multiple wlan networks at once? Not really/yet. The device could support up to 8 vaps. (I have found there is memory for 8 beacons and 8 shared keys, but I haven't found out how to make h/w use it.) AK
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