Solved Which USB WiFi Dongle for 5Ghz

friquant

friquant

Can someone recommend a 5Ghz USB WiFi dongle that is well supported by FreeBSD and gives good speed?

I'm running this on a 2015 macbook pro 15". The internal wifi card appears nonstandard to me. So I'm looking for either a USB dongle or an internal wifi card that fits a 2015 macbook pro.
 
Please have a look at the 'Hardware Notes' for the version your FreeBSD installation. Hardware notes for 14.2 can be found at the link below.
www.freebsd.org

FreeBSD 14.2 Hardware Notes

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org
 
I bought two USB wifi dongles, one Ralink and one Realtek.


This one is advertised as a Ralink RT5572 chipset: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08RDS32T3/

Here is the dmesg, showing that maybe it's an RT5592 chipset instead:
Code: 
run0 on uhub0
run0: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 8> on usbus0
run0: MAC/BBP RT5592 (rev 0x0222), RF RT5592 (MIMO 2T2R), address 00:87:3f:3f:3c:2d
run0: [HT] Enabling 802.11n

I get speed of 50Mbps on a 5GHz band with the Ralink chip.


This other one has a Realtek RTL8821: https://www.amazon.com/Network-AWUS036ACS/dp/B0752CTSGD

Here is the dmesg:
Code: 
rtwn0 on uhub0
rtwn0: <Realtek 802.11ac WLAN Adapter, class 0/0, rev 2.10/2.00, addr 9> on usbus0
rtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8821AU, RF 6052 1T1R

With the realtek I only get speed of 10Mbps on the 5GHz band.

So the Ralink is faster, but the (Alfa-packaged) Realtek is better looking in my opinion.
 
Another kicker for the run(4) driver is HostAP mode capable.

There is also a sexier Alfa using run(4) driver but only 2.4GHZ band.

www.alfa.com.tw

AWUS036NH (EOL)

Key features Superior Wi-Fi Performance Professionally Tuned Wireless, Better Range & Coverage Increased Bandwidth, More Applications Increased Wireless Signal Penetration Superior Wi-Fi PerformanceEquipped with wide-coverage wireless capability, and years of field-proven experiences, ALFA...
www.alfa.com.tw www.alfa.com.tw
 
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