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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:11:45 -0400
From:      Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu>
To:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB wireless AP?
Message-ID:  <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu>
In-Reply-To: <fulfqf$grf$1@ger.gmane.org>
References:  <fulfqf$grf$1@ger.gmane.org>

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Do you know about http://ralink.rapla.net/? The RT2500-based cards 
listed there are supported by the ural(4) driver. There's a discouraging 
comment about using them for access points in the man page, though:

CAVEATS
     The ural driver does not support automatic adaptation of the transmit
     speed in IBSS and HostAP operating modes.

-Boris

Ivan Voras wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to set up an AP by adding an USB wifi card to a 
> 7.0-RELEASE machine, and I'm interested in a couple of things:
>
> - First, hardware compatibility - AFAIK only some cards support AP 
> mode? Can anyone recommend such USB wireless hardware, preferably in 
> terms of product names instead of chip names? I see the following 
> cards in a local store: BANDRIDGE CWN4002G, CANYON WF-518D, CANYON 
> WF-518, LINKSYS WUSB54GC.
>
> - Are there any tips & tricks additional to the instructions on 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html ?
>



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