From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 11 18:39:15 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 9C469429 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from o3.shared.sendgrid.net (o3.shared.sendgrid.net [208.117.48.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2845A124F for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sendgrid.info; h=from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpapi; bh=o2h7g/9h7QPLZtO1jNDoo/GS+W4=; b=rZ88m5P9/U4YFLaugk roSu2SHp86JfN4taqy/Buinoqz7uOPk1vSqXQe1C4buG/n2U3F9M3vbH5Pcm2Vma p/A2rrjOBy5UYbbGLwaCsgEPamtL5O+oclCxRPbAkwRVxEP20Fvdd3Y6d4cKpMRg KAfqOtfssT4B4w9PesHJEEAOQ= Received: by mf200.sendgrid.net with SMTP id mf200.32105.52FA6E524 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.tarsnap.com (unknown [10.100.60.108]) by ismtpd-028 (SG) with ESMTP id 144223ef1dc.3f3d.ba7d1 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: (qmail 427 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2014 18:39:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO clamshell.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by ec2-107-20-205-189.compute-1.amazonaws.com with ESMTP; 11 Feb 2014 18:39:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 16719 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2014 18:38:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO clamshell.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by clamshell.daemonology.net with SMTP; 11 Feb 2014 18:38:35 -0000 Message-ID: <52FA6E2B.1060902@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:38:35 -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: Ian Smith Subject: Re: recommended usb wifi device? References: <52F16122.9010106@freebsd.org> <52F18ADB.6070909@freebsd.org> <52F96AFC.5070605@freebsd.org> <20140212042603.N24339@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20140212042603.N24339@sola.nimnet.asn.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SG-EID: aXBajzjqM1tim1z27dWVWdIPq2oWcPFj77ndetguxyfD28IxOqocp9iR5n4dRUXwHZ/YXQGpC8J/pLwwWVv/mtiJ8oxAKvMVhhsUX7z1gX2WQNKP+H3GPXFnLmbS5pvMXmUDkjTJov8bn6IOHyQWtVsPFPH64AaZyQVoSB5xtg0= Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" 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: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:15 -0000 On 02/11/14 09:32, Ian Smith wrote: > On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:12:44 -0800, Colin Percival wrote: > > On 02/04/14 16:50, Colin Percival wrote: > > > Thanks! It turns out to be nontrivial to find devices using that chipset given > > > its age, but I managed to find an Engenius EUB9707 on Amazon. With luck I'll > > > be able to report back in a couple weeks to confirm that it works. :-) > > > > I purchased this (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00AM2NBYS/) and it arrived > > today: > > > > > ugen1.3: at usbus1 > > > run0: on usbus1 > > > run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address > > > XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > > > I plugged it into my 9.2-RELEASE laptop and it was recognized immediately. > > Setting the MAC address seems to render it non-functional, but aside from > > that it is working perfectly. > > > > This goes on my "recommended FreeBSD hardware" list. > > Hi Colin, what's the laptop? No issues with BIOS blacklists? This is on my Dell E5420, but the Engenius EUB9707 is a USB device; it's "internal" minipci cards which I've heard about BIOS blacklists for. -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid