Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:40:56 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: George Sanders <gosand1982@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation for bulletproof 802.11b/g USB, with external antenna, for FreeBSD Message-ID: <4ABE6038.90209@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <81386.21459.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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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
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