On Wed, Jan 01, 2020 at 08:54:46AM -0700, List wrote: > Hi *, > I am currently building a home router based upon OpenBSD. > I therefore need some kind of WIFI Hardware. This piece of hardware > needs to be connected over usb. > Do you have any suggestions or recommendations ? As far as I can see > it's pretty hard to find an antenna which is connected via USB an runs > on a supported chipset. It is easy to get your hands on a > realtek-chipset driven device. But urtw(4) doesn't support Host AP > mode. Only ones that do are: athn(4), ral(4), ath(4). > Finding those is hard. > > Maybe you guys know things I couldn't find ? > > g, > Stephan
Searching the web for AR9271 might turn up a working athn(4) USB device. A brand called "ALFA networks" made devices that are plugged via a mini-USB cable to you can place them far from your router. They also have detachable antennas. Model no. AWUS036HNA. That said, it's 2GHz only, and the firmware currently limits the number of concurrent clients to 8 (apparently this limitation could be fixed). Last I checked the USB stack still had stability issues with these devices. Putting a self-powered USB hub between the device and your router could help. Still, on USB, this is the best you could get.
