Re: recommended usb wifi device?
On 2/4/2014 2:32 PM, Pedro Flynn wrote: Hi Colin, I'm very satisfied with the Ralink 3070 based USB devices, which I have different models from different manufacturers. Though I'm facing some problems that are specific to FreeBSD 10.0 and working in access point mode, they work very well both in client and access point modes. These devices use the run driver. best regards, pflynn On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Colin Percival wrote: Hi all, Can anyone recommend a USB wifi device with a functional driver? I'm looking at getting a new laptop soon but it will probably have an Intel 7260 chipset, so I'm looking for another option for wifi connectivity while we wait for Adrian to write that driver. ;-) -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org " ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Hi, Ralink is a good choice esp. for USB. You might have trouble using other supported chipsets which are connected to the USB port. Also note that the wireless card in the laptop can be replaced for about ten bucks. It's typically the easiest thing to replace in a laptop. If you decide to swap out your wifi card I'd recommend Atheros. -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: recommended usb wifi device?
On 2/4/2014 4:55 PM, Colin Percival wrote: On 02/04/14 16:01, Waitman Gobble wrote: Ralink is a good choice esp. for USB. You might have trouble using other supported chipsets which are connected to the USB port. Also note that the wireless card in the laptop can be replaced for about ten bucks. It's typically the easiest thing to replace in a laptop. If you decide to swap out your wifi card I'd recommend Atheros. I considered that, but I've heard rumours about laptop BIOSes blacklisting wifi cards from other manufacturers, so I figured a USB device was an easier solution. That's a potential issue. I've only seen that happen with HP laptops, but you should research before spending the ten bucks. -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: recommended usb wifi device?
On Tue, February 4, 2014 5:30 pm, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > >> On 2/4/2014 4:55 PM, Colin Percival wrote: >> >>> On 02/04/14 16:01, Waitman Gobble wrote: >>> >>>> Ralink is a good choice esp. for USB. You might have trouble using >>>> other supported chipsets which are connected to the USB port. >>>> >>>> Also note that the wireless card in the laptop can be replaced for >>>> about ten bucks. It's typically the easiest thing to replace in a >>>> laptop. If you decide to swap out your wifi card I'd recommend >>>> Atheros. >>>> >>> >>> I considered that, but I've heard rumours about laptop BIOSes >>> blacklisting wifi cards from other manufacturers, so I figured a USB >>> device was an easier solution. >>> >> >> That's a potential issue. I've only seen that happen with HP laptops, >> but you should research before spending the ten bucks. > > Lenovo does it too. So far, I have not encountered an Acer or Dell with > the problem. Recent Toshiba models are made by Acer, but I can't recall > changing the wireless card in one. > > Dell often uses Broadcom cards. It would be nice if the new Broadcom > partipation in FreeBSD would extend to improving their wireless drivers. > Here, here. BC working would be nice indeed. I kind of helped those two guys when they started. It's possible I fabricated their first 'heartbeat' out of hmmm 1/4" rod. And the first sets of chasis. And it came back to cause me problems over the years. :) Anyway, I haven't noticed that going on with Asus either. There are documented ways around the stalled boot but none of them are pretty. -- Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA (510) 830-7975 ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Ralink RT3573 / ASUS USB-N66: run0: could not load 8051 microcode
On Mon, February 17, 2014 8:53 pm, Alex Deiter wrote:
> Hello Kevin,
>
>
> I'm trying to get ASUS USB-N66 USB wifi adapter working with FreeBSD
> 11.0-CURRENT #0 r261642 amd64.
> I plug the adapter and it seems to be recognized:
>
>
> #dmesg
> run0: <1.0> on usbus1
> run0: MAC/BBP RT3593 (rev 0x0402), RF RT3053 (MIMO 3T3R), address
> 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd
> run0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> run0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> run0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>
>
> I can create the wlan device:
>
>
> # ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500
> ether 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd nd6
> options=29 media: IEEE 802.11
> Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> status: no carrier
> ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b) country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF
> txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 wme bintval 0
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 list caps
> drivercaps=d85c501 2,WME,WDS>
> cryptocaps=1b
>
> But got an error when interface is up:
>
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 up scan
> wlan0: bpf attached
> wlan0: bpf attached
> wlan0: Ethernet address: 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd
> firmware: 'runfw' version 1: 8192 bytes loaded at 0x81c2d0a8
> run0: could not load 8051 microcode
>
>
> # usbconfig -d ugen1.3 dump_device_desc
> ugen1.3: <802.11 n WLAN Ralink> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH
> (480Mbps)
> pwr=ON (450mA)
>
> bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass =
> 0x
> bDeviceSubClass = 0x bDeviceProtocol = 0x bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
> idVendor = 0x0b05 idProduct = 0x17ad bcdDevice = 0x0101 iManufacturer =
> 0x0001
> iProduct = 0x0002 <802.11 n WLAN> iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <1.0>
> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001
>
> # kldstat
> Id Refs AddressSize Name
> 1 12 0x8020 196df88 kernel
> 21 0x81c12000 17db4if_run.ko
> 31 0x81c2a000 2a45 uhid.ko
> 41 0x81c2d000 26ea runfw.ko
>
>
> Kernel config: GENERIC.
>
>
> I plug in the same adapter to a laptop with Windows 7, it successfully
> shows the nearby access points and allows me to connect to one, so the
> adapter is not broken. Any ideas for further troubleshooting are welcome.
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
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Alex,
I've been using a device with the same chipset on HEAD without trouble.
It's not ASUS but hmmm. (i don't see a brand name on it anywhere but
'made in china' is mighty prominent).
# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev run0 ssid "SSID"
# wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/"SSID".conf
# ifconfig wlan0 up
# ifconfig wlan0 inet "IP" netmask 255.255.255.0
this driver is in src/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c,
RUN_DEV(RALINK, RT3573),
{should be supported}
AFAIK there isn't a specific kernel option for the run device.
> kldstat | grep run
121 0x81a14000 13309if_run.ko
you can take a look at
#man runfw
> find /boot/ | grep run
/boot/kernel/if_run.ko
/boot/kernel/runfw.ko
/boot/kernel.old/if_run.ko
/boot/kernel.old/runfw.ko
I think the firmware should be in
src/sys/contrib/dev/run
--
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San Jose California USA
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Re: Ralink RT3573 / ASUS USB-N66: run0: could not load 8051 microcode
On Mon, February 17, 2014 10:17 pm, Alex Deiter wrote: > Hello, > > > Thank you for your advice! > I found a workaround: > > > # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev run0 > > > then wait 5 minutes ;-) > > and only thereafter: > > # ifconfig wlan0 up > > > run0: <1.0> on usbus1 > run0: MAC/BBP RT3593 (rev 0x0402), RF RT3053 (MIMO 3T3R), address > 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd > uhid0: on > usbus1 wlan0: Ethernet address: 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd > run0: firmware RT3071 ver. 0.33 loaded > > > But found another issue: ifconfig wlan0 list scan command does not show > any results: > > > root@test:~ # ifconfig wlan0 list scan > root@test:~ # > > > root@test:~ # wlandebug -i wlan0 scan > net.wlan.0.debug: 0x0 => 0x20 > > > wlan0: sta_pick_bss: no scan candidate > wlan0: scan_task: done, restart [ticks 487917, dwell min 20 scanend > 2147963261] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 140a -> 1g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 1g -> 6g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 6g -> 11g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 11g -> 7g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 7g -> 52a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 52a -> 56a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 56a -> 60a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 60a -> 64a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 64a -> 36a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 36a -> 40a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 40a -> 44a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 44a -> 48a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 48a -> 2g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 2g -> 3g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 3g -> 4g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 4g -> 5g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 5g -> 8g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 8g -> 9g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 9g -> 10g [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 10g -> 149a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 149a -> 153a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 153a -> 157a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 157a -> 161a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 161a -> 100a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 100a -> 104a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 104a -> 108a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 108a -> 112a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 112a -> 116a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 116a -> 120a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 120a -> 124a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 124a -> 128a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 128a -> 132a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 132a -> 136a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: scan_task: chan 136a -> 140a [active, dwell min 20ms max 200ms] > wlan0: sta_pick_bss: no scan candidate > > > Thank you! > > > > > 2014-02-18 2:05 GMT+04:00 Waitman Gobble : > > >> >> On Mon, February 17, 2014 8:53 pm, Alex Deiter wrote: >> >>> Hello Kevin, >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm trying to get ASUS USB-N66 USB wifi adapter working with FreeBSD >>> 11.0-CURRENT #0 r261642 amd64. >>> I plug the adapter and it seems to be recognized: >>> >>> >>> >>> #dmesg >>> run0: <1.0> on usbus1 >>> run0: MAC/BBP RT3593 (rev 0x0402), RF RT3053 (MIMO 3T3R), address >>> 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd >>> run0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >>> run0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps >>> run0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps >>> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >>> >>> >>> >>> I can create the wlan device: >>> >>> >>> >>> # ifconfig wlan0 >>> wlan0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 >>> ether 30:85:a9:f4:52:bd nd6 >>> options=29 media: IEEE 802.11 >>> Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >>> status: no carrier >>
hostapd with wpa
Hi, hostapd is working, clients can connect but it doesn't require a password to connect. I'm pretty sure I followed the manual. But I suppose I missed something. Can anyone give me a pointer? hostapd.conf (password set to 'password') interface=wlan1 logger_syslog=-1 logger_syslog_level=0 debug=0 ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd ctrl_interface_group=wheel ssid=DEVNAME wpa=1 wpa_passphrase=password wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=CCMP TKIP Thank you, -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 510-830-7975 ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: hostapd with wpa
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Looks right; is hostapd running? > > > -a > > > On 6 April 2015 at 21:07, Waitman Gobble wrote: >> Hi, >> >> hostapd is working, clients can connect but it doesn't require a >> password to connect. I'm pretty sure I followed the manual. But I >> suppose I missed something. Can anyone give me a pointer? >> >> >> hostapd.conf (password set to 'password') >> >> interface=wlan1 >> logger_syslog=-1 >> logger_syslog_level=0 >> debug=0 >> ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd >> ctrl_interface_group=wheel >> ssid=DEVNAME >> wpa=1 >> wpa_passphrase=password >> wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >> wpa_pairwise=CCMP TKIP >> >> Thank you, >> >> -- >> Waitman Gobble >> Los Altos California USA >> 510-830-7975 >> ___ >> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" It's working now. # /sbin/ifconfig wlan1 create wlandev run0 wlanmode hostap # /sbin/ifconfig wlan1 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ssid DEVNAME mode 11g channel 11 # /usr/sbin/hostapd -P /var/run/hostapd.pid -B /etc/hostapd.conf Configuration file: /etc/hostapd.conf Using interface wlan1 with hwaddr 00:e0:4c:81:81:f5 and ssid "DEVNAME" # /usr/cust/sbin/dhcpd -lf /var/dhcp/lease wlan1 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server 4.3.2 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Config file: /etc/dhcpd.conf Database file: /var/dhcp/lease PID file: /var/run/dhcpd.pid Wrote 10 leases to leases file. Listening on BPF/wlan1/00:e0:4c:81:81:f5/192.168.1.0/24 Sending on BPF/wlan1/00:e0:4c:81:81:f5/192.168.1.0/24 Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net If I set up the network interface in rc.conf, it didn't seem to be working. ie, hostapd_enable="YES" I'll have to go back and test again. It looks like I did something wrong before, but it's right now. Thank you, -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 510-830-7975 ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: What is the best choice of USB WiFi adapter working on FreeBSD?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Yuri wrote: > I am trying to compile the list of USB Wi-Fi cards that are well supported > to add such section to the handbook. > Anybody knows other cards that work well besides RT5370 USB dongles and > TP-LINK TL-WDN3200? > > Thank you, > > Yuri > ___ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" If compiling a list, please consider listing if card supports hostap mode, AFAIK the RT5370 is the only one. -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 650-900-8557 ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
