native USB 802.11n adapter w/ external SMA jacks?

[Juergen Lock]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 11:15:09AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2 September 2012 11:12, John-Mark Gurney <jmg at 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?

I don't know about arm but I have here "LogiLink WL0054" which is
driven by if_run(4) and comes with an external antenna that's screwed
on, the connector looks smaller than what I see on

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMA_connector

but maybe there are adapters?  Even with just that screwed-on antenna
the range is definitely better than with other usb wifi dongles that
have their antenna built in...  And it works in hostap mode too,
tho I haven't tried 11n myself yet, only g.

 HTH, :)
	Juergen