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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:44:02 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB WiFi fob for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <59EAEA96-D3DC-4711-AA95-63C08C103E64@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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> On 28 August 2020, at 15:14, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> I will shortly receive a new laptop with a network card that is =
currently
> not supported by FreeBSD. Work is in progress  on a driver, but I will =
need
> to use the system very shortly after I receive it. So, I need a quick =
way
> to get it on-line and a USB fob looks like my best choice.
>=20
> Can someone recommend a cheap fob I can acquire quickly? My last =
attempt at
> this about a decade ago was not successful as the dongle I bought was =
a new
> revision with a different chip that was not supported.  I hope for =
better
> luck this time.

I have two Insignia USB NICs: models NS-PU98505 (USB 2.0) and NS-PU98635 =
(USB 3.0).  Both of them work fine on FBSD 12.1.  I don't have any older =
systems around to test with.  I used them for relatively light traffic =
although I did flood the network for a couple minutes once and noticed =
no issues.  Both were found at BestBuy.  I only needed USB 2.0, but they =
only had one of those so I had to get the USB 3.0 also.  Both came up =
immediately on plug-in as ue devices.

-- Doug






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