They probably do work from the firmware-realtek package, and I say driver=nl80211 as both of those note snippets are from some notes I have for building minimal ARM Debian systems, with two cards (one of which doesn't use nl80211).

Good luck with your hunt. I'd be interested in what you find.

On 23 April 2015 at 13:54, Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
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-Dongle-Network-LAN-Card-150Mbps-/290870229275?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item43b937791b
>
> 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

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