recommended usb wifi device?

[Colin Percival]

On 02/11/14 09:32, Ian Smith wrote:
> 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?

This is on my Dell E5420, but the Engenius EUB9707 is a USB device; it's
"internal" minipci cards which I've heard about BIOS blacklists for.

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Colin Percival
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