From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 26 18:40:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D35C106566B for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4424E8FC1C for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Macintosh-4.local ([10.0.0.198]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id n8QIeuBE090408 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:40:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4ABE6038.90209@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:40:56 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: George Sanders References: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-CTc-dcc1-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation for bulletproof 802.11b/g USB, with external antenna, for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:40:57 -0000 George Sanders wrote: > > Hello, > > If you want a USB 802.11b/g with an external antenna, the knee jerk answer is always the alfa AWUS036H 500mw. The problem is, the RTL8187L driver has only just been added to 8.0-CURRENT and this is for a production system, etc. > > This isn't a project that I can be on the bleeding edge with. > > So, I just want a rock solid _absolutely known to work with 6.x and 7.x_ USB wifi adaptor that can accept an external antenna. 802.11b/g, and the more powerful the better. Looks like this might do what you need: http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71usb.php. The only issue is that it uses a 9160 part which has known bugs and the driver doesn't (apparently) know how to workaround them. Otherwise I've never heard usb and external antenna mentioned in the same sentence. Sam