Hi, On 12/16/2014 07:09 PM, Dani Camps wrote: > I am looking for a Wi-Fi adapter with the following specs: > > a) Operates at 5GHz > b) Supports 802.11n and optionally 802.11ac > c) USB interface > d) SMA connector for external antenna(s) > e) It is supported by mac80211, and supports mesh mode Me too... IHMO the best USB based chipset/driver combination is still ath9k_htc with Atheros AR7010/AR9280 or AR9271, which is rock solid and has very good thruput (and an open firmware). Unfortunately I have heard it's EOL but it's still possible to buy them, e.g the "TP-Link TL-WN722N" or "TP-LINK TL-WN822N"... I have not found good alternatives yet... So I repeat: Does anyone know a good USB dongle with a good mac/cfg80211 driver and at least 802.11n 2x2:2 and support for AP and IBSS mode? It's a shame that vendors like Ralink/MediaTek and Realtek do not work on decent upstream linux drivers... Instead of wasting time cleaning up the mess they leave with dozens of incomplete "vendor drivers" they drop on us - maybe the Linux community should just choose *ONE* modern (preferrably "ac") and cheap USB chipset and concentrate on writing a driver for it? And what about the vendors which are more involved in proper linux wireless develpment? Qualcom/Atheros, Intel, Broadcom: don't you have any USB chipsets in line? bruno -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
