recommended usb wifi device?

Ian Smith smithi at nimnet.asn.au
Tue Feb 11 17:32:12 UTC 2014


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: <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.

Hi Colin, what's the laptop?  No issues with BIOS blacklists?

cheers, Ian


More information about the freebsd-wireless mailing list