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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>
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> 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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