From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 19:13:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F7E1065705 for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 19:13:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E8B8FC14 for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 19:13:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Tue, 18 May 2010 15:13:16 -0400 References: <4BEDA8FD.4030603@onetel.com> Message-Id: <83387E09-A17B-4174-9C0B-B9C79F4C4EFA@olivent.com> From: mikel king To: Chris Whitehouse In-Reply-To: <4BEDA8FD.4030603@onetel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:13:09 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-questions Questions Subject: Re: USB1.1 WIFI adapted recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 19:13:22 -0000 On May 14, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > mikel king wrote: >> I am refurbishing a laptop that only has USB1.1 and now built-in >> WIFI. Anyone with experience in these devices able to make a >> recommendation for a reliable device? > > I have an old Belkin F5D7050 USB wifi adapter - you can still buy > them. > > May 14 20:45:17 muji2 kernel: ugen4.4: at usbus4 > May 14 20:45:17 muji2 kernel: ural0: Adapter, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 4> on usbus4 > May 14 20:45:17 muji2 kernel: ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x03), RF > RT2526 > > Seems to work ok in a USB 1.1 port, never done benchmarks but it > seems reliable enough for internet. > > Chris Thanks I'll give it a go!