On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 01:36:03PM +1000, Daniel X wrote:
I bought a bunch of these to run wireless access points on from ARM devices running Debian:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GTI-Mini-USB-802-11b-g-n-WiFi-Wireless-Adapter-Do...
Work really well with hostapd.
looks OK, and cheap too at $7.59 with free postage. unfortunately, probably won't arrive until late next week. i'll probably order one if i can't find anything in stock at MSY that works but i'd prefer something i can get today if i can. i've also seen several pci-e and usb adaptors at MSY for $15-$50 that are listed on linux-hardware-guide.com....but most of them mention new version as of Feb 2015 that have no driver support or you have to stuff around with compiling manufacturer-supplied drivers (no thanks). the pci-e cards that work look like they're mostly ath9k and work without problems.
IIRC it does require a binary firmware: git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git sudo cp linux-firmware/rt28* /mnt/lib/firmware/
is there any reason why the firmware files in the firmware-realtek package don't work with this adaptor? that package includes firmware for the following wifi devices: $ dlocate -L firmware-realtek | grep rtlwifi /lib/firmware/rtlwifi /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_B.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_A.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192sefw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B_NoBT.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723fw_B.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188efw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8188eufw.bin /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin
'driver=nl80211' in hostapd.conf
yep, pretty much everything uses that now. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>