Solved Wireless network adapter?

[Maelstorm]

What is a good wireless network adapter that works with FreeBSD these days?

 

[ldgc]

Hello Maelstorm
I use USB wireless network adapter Ralink RT5370 which is supported in 11.1-Release with run(4) and runfw(4) drivers and IMHO it has good performance.
Ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/802-11n-g-b-150Mbps-Mini-USB-WiFi-Wireless-Adapter-Network-Ralink-RT5370/282100006228?hash=item41ae787d54:g:a9gAAOSwRgJXhlEl

 

[ronaldlees]

To second pensador_13 's opinion, I also have had good success with the Ralink RT5370 on FreeBSD. It supports host mode as well, for doing a wireless AP if that's your fancy.

 

[shepper]

Do you need pci, pci-E or usb? Want N300 or is 54Mbps OK?
RaLink, prior to being purchased by MediaTek, provided hardware specs to FreeBSD. For usb, pci and pci-E, anything RaLink is usually good. Mediatek is less so.
For pci-E, I also have good performance with rtl8188ce,

One caveat is the little usb nano adapters all look the same but have a multitude of different chipsets - Make sure you have an easy return if dmesg does not concur with what you tried to buy.

 

[Maelstorm]

I'm looking for a PCI card since that's what the mainboard supports. I do not think the machine that I am using has enough horsepower to handle a USB connection.

 

[shepper]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833389021

 

[ronaldlees]

The only way I would reccomend RALink is on Arm boards with only USB interface to deal with.

Yeah - that's what I use the RaLinks for. The AMD boxes here have Atheros / PCIe, which seem to work well.

 

[Maelstorm]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833389021

I found this:

https://www.amazon.com/Netis-Wireless-Adapter-Antenna-Low-profile/dp/B006THNHE4/ref=pd_sim_147_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B006THNHE4&pd_rd_r=JGRJ92G5QGHBQ6SK13DJ&pd_rd_w=c3rE2&pd_rd_wg=4dXxP&psc=1&refRID=JGRJ92G5QGHBQ6SK13DJ


Not sure if it will work. It's similar to what you posted...same chip though according to the pictures.

 

[diizzy]

Another solution which may be better is to grab a router/ap/device that supports OpenWrt and use it as a transparent bridge (wifi --> ethernet) if you prefer open source.
Most Range Extenders also supports this type of operation if you want to use vendor firmware.

 

[Maelstorm]

A little late in my reply, but I bought the device listed at the above link. It took some finagling and a crash course in how WiFi works on FreeBSD, but I now have it working. It works quite well in fact.
So to everyone who responded, I thank you for the time and effort you put into your answers.