On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 02:03:49PM +1000, Daniel X wrote:
> 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.

i ended up getting a TP-Link TL-WN821N from MSY for $16.

http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/2012-10-20-tp-link-tl-wn821n-wlan-usb-300-mbit

it worked pretty much out of the box (after i remembered to make dhcpd
listen on wlan0). the kernel driver & firmware worked wihout drama,
hostapd also worked once i undid the changes i made stuffing around
trying to get the netcomm np902n working. dhcpd worked when i made it
listen to wlan0 as well as br0

so, it's working fine.


BTW, this is v3 of the device and uses the rtl8192cu driver.

   Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter

i would have been happier with the earlier versions of the adaptor,
because they have either Atheros AR-9170 or Atheros HTC chipsets and use
the ath9k driver...but this is working fine.

but that's the main reason i bought the TL-WN821N -
linux-hardware-guide.com said that all three known versions are
supported by the mainline linux kernel.

craig

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