recommended usb wifi device?

[Colin Percival]

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: <Ralink> at usbus1
> run0: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 3> 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.

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Colin Percival
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