[talk] USB Wireless Recommendations

[George Rosamond]

Jim B.:
> * George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> [2015-04-12 18:34]:
>> Jim B.:
>>> * Jim B. <jpb at jimby.name> [2015-04-12 13:59]:
>>>> * Jim B. <jpb at jimby.name> [2015-03-21 22:20]:
>>>>>
> 
> 
>>>   [jpb at pcbsd-6404 ~]$ usbconfig -u 0 -a 2  dump_device_desc
>>>   ugen0.2: <product 0x7601 vendor 0x148f> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (160mA)
>>>
>>>     bLength = 0x0012 
>>>     bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
>>>     bcdUSB = 0x0201 
>>>     bDeviceClass = 0x0000 
>>>     bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
>>>     bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
>>>     bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
>>>     idVendor = 0x148f 
>>>     idProduct = 0x7601 
>>>     bcdDevice = 0x0000 
>>>     iManufacturer = 0x0001  <retrieving string failed>
>>>     iProduct = 0x0002  <retrieving string failed>
>>>     iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <retrieving string failed>
>>>     bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
>>>
>>>
> 
> 
>>
>> So it said "Ralink" and the vendor ids are both 0x148f... which comes up
>> as Plant Equipment, which I assume is a subcon manufacturer for Ralink?
>>
>> But again, same vendor ID...
> 
> So I looked it up on linux-usb.org and while the  idVendor is
> Ralink, the  idProduct field comes up as MT7601U which
> apparently a Mediatek chipset.
> 
> still could not get it to work.
> 
>>
>> If I see you in June, I'll bring you a run(4) or two... it's the Tenda
>> w311m1 with rt5390.
> 
> awesome! looking forward to seeing you.

FWIW, I'm using run(4) on OpenBSD, not FreeBSD, but it appeared to be
fine on FreeBSD.

If there's other decent ones without firmware, I'd be interested to know
about it.

I do have one labeled "802.11n" with this output:

<802.11n NIC Realtek> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
(500mA)

Doesn't come up in either OpenBSD or FreeBSD... but it looks like an
RTL8188-

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