What wifi dongle is most friendly to OPNsense

[rubantin]

I am assembling my new box (Discussed in other thread) It has a USB port. I simply need to find the best option for a USB WIFI adapter that has drivers that work with OPNsense. Range is very important for the office situation.

[Zeitkind]

USB dongle what for? Access point? If so, IMHO a dedicated access point connected to either LAN or DMZ/optional (for guests or cp etc.) is always the way to go. Firewalls tend to last for years, wifi hardware is already old when you buy it. mumimo* and such is evolving so fast, that it's for sure easier to replace an outdated access point than anything connected directly to (or even inside) the firewall - or simply add another one.

* Quite sure they will find anything for "ma" and "me" to form soon a mamemumimo-standard for advertising..

[rubantin]

sounds good. Thanks for the advice

[franco]

I use a run(4), but it's a bit hard to trace those vendors/chipsets (at least for me), especially on the low side of the budget.

Some more topics over at the FreeBSD forums. Anything driver/hardware can be looked up there:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/choosing-a-usb-wifi-dongle.47533/
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/finished-call-for-testers-ralink-wireless-run-4-usb-driver-for-freebsd.7562/


Cheers,
Franco

[rubantin]

OK, thanks for the info

[rubantin]

Went ahead with a TP-LINK TL-WR841HP 300Mbps High Power Wireless N Router... Working really nice