# ifconfig wlan0 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11gChannel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11gChannel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11gChannel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11gChannel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11gChannel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11gChannel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g
# ifconfig wlan0 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a htChannel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 52 : 5260* MHz 11a htChannel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 56 : 5280* MHz 11a htChannel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 60 : 5300* MHz 11a htChannel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 64 : 5320* MHz 11a htChannel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 100 : 5500* MHz 11a htChannel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht Channel 104 : 5520* MHz 11a htChannel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht Channel 108 : 5540* MHz 11a htChannel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g ht Channel 112 : 5560* MHz 11a htChannel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g ht Channel 116 : 5580* MHz 11a htChannel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g ht Channel 120 : 5600* MHz 11a htChannel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g ht Channel 124 : 5620* MHz 11a htChannel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g ht Channel 128 : 5640* MHz 11a htChannel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a ht Channel 132 : 5660* MHz 11a htChannel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a ht Channel 136 : 5680* MHz 11a htChannel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a ht Channel 140 : 5700* MHz 11a ht
# ifconfig wlan0 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g htChannel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g htChannel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g htChannel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g htChannel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g htChannel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g htChannel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht
Any experience with stability? I use a cheapo Logilink WL0084B for some years from time to time as WAN interface, stable while traffic flowing, but get's lost when idle imho...
I've asked myself the same recently.Got one 802.11g with HOSTAP capability and ~10EUR price. Its AMIKO WLN-880, an accessory to STB/receivers.dmesg part and wlan caps here:#run0: MAC/BBP RT5390 (rev 0x0502), RF RT5370 (MIMO 1T1R), address 6c:60:eb:3b:bb:ae# ifconfig wlan0 list capsdrivercaps=d85c501<STA,IBSS,HOSTAP,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,WME,WDS>cryptocaps=1b<WEP,TKIP,AES_CCM,TKIPMIC>Update:- only basic channels - does not support cloningCode: [Select]# ifconfig wlan0 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11gChannel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11gChannel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11gChannel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11gChannel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11gChannel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11gChannel 7 : 2442 MHz 11gT.
run0: MAC/BBP RT5390 (rev 0x0502), RF RT5370 (MIMO 1T1R), address 6c:60:eb:51:f2:4frun0: [HT] Enabling 802.11nrun0: firmware RT3071 ver. 0.33 loadedroot@OPNsense:~ # usbconfig dump_device_descugen0.5: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (450mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <Probed by interface class> bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x148f idProduct = 0x5370 bcdDevice = 0x0101 iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Ralink> iProduct = 0x0002 <802.11 n WLAN> iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <1.0> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001root@OPNsense:~ # ifconfig wlan99 list capsdrivercaps=d95c541<STA,FF,IBSS,HOSTAP,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,WME,WDS>cryptocaps=1b<WEP,TKIP,AES_CCM,TKIPMIC>htcaps=7000c<>root@OPNsense:~ # ifconfig wlan99 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g htChannel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g htChannel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g htChannel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g htChannel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g htChannel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g htChannel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht
run0: <1.0> on usbus0run0: MAC/BBP RT5392 (rev 0x0223), RF RT5372 (MIMO 2T2R), address 60:45:cb:92:1f:12run0: [HT] Enabling 802.11nugen0.3: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (450mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <Probed by interface class> bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x0b05 idProduct = 0x17e8 bcdDevice = 0x0101 iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Ralink> iProduct = 0x0002 <802.11 n WLAN> iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <1.0> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 ifconfig wlan99 list capsdrivercaps=d95c541<STA,FF,IBSS,HOSTAP,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,WME,WDS>cryptocaps=1b<WEP,TKIP,AES_CCM,TKIPMIC>htcaps=7000c<>root@OPNsense:~ # ifconfig wlan99 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g ht Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g ht Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g ht Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g ht Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g ht Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht
--- sys/dev/usb/usbdevs.orig 2021-03-28 19:35:00.000000000 +0000+++ sys/dev/usb/usbdevs 2021-04-22 09:30:24.039070015 +0000@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ product ASUS USBN10NANO 0x17ba USB-N10 Nano product ASUS USBAC51 0x17d1 USB-AC51 product ASUS USBAC56 0x17d2 USB-AC56+product ASUS USBN14 0x17e8 USB-N14 product ASUS A730W 0x4202 ASUS MyPal A730W product ASUS P535 0x420f ASUS P535 PDA product ASUS GMSC 0x422f ASUS Generic Mass Storage--- orig/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c+++ sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_run.c@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ RUN_DEV(ASUS, RT2870_4), RUN_DEV(ASUS, RT2870_5), RUN_DEV(ASUS, USBN13),+ RUN_DEV(ASUS, USBN14), RUN_DEV(ASUS, RT3070_1), RUN_DEV(ASUS, USBN66), RUN_DEV(ASUS, USB_N53),
run0: <1.0> on usbus0run0: MAC/BBP RT3572 (rev 0x0223), RF RT3052 (MIMO 2T2R), address 08:60:6e:ca:ae:6arun0: [HT] Enabling 802.11nugen0.3: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (450mA) bLength = 0x0012 bDescriptorType = 0x0001 bcdUSB = 0x0200 bDeviceClass = 0x0000 <Probed by interface class> bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 idVendor = 0x0b05 idProduct = 0x179d bcdDevice = 0x0101 iManufacturer = 0x0001 <Ralink> iProduct = 0x0002 <802.11 n WLAN> iSerialNumber = 0x0003 <1.0> bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 root@OPNsense:~ # ifconfig wlan99 list capsdrivercaps=d95c541<STA,FF,IBSS,HOSTAP,SHSLOT,SHPREAMBLE,MONITOR,MBSS,WPA1,WPA2,WME,WDS>cryptocaps=1b<WEP,TKIP,AES_CCM,TKIPMIC>htcaps=7000c<>root@OPNsense:~ # ifconfig wlan99 list chanChannel 1 : 2412 MHz 11g ht Channel 48 : 5240 MHz 11a ht Channel 2 : 2417 MHz 11g ht Channel 52 : 5260* MHz 11a ht Channel 3 : 2422 MHz 11g ht Channel 56 : 5280* MHz 11a ht Channel 4 : 2427 MHz 11g ht Channel 60 : 5300* MHz 11a ht Channel 5 : 2432 MHz 11g ht Channel 64 : 5320* MHz 11a ht Channel 6 : 2437 MHz 11g ht Channel 100 : 5500* MHz 11a ht Channel 7 : 2442 MHz 11g ht Channel 104 : 5520* MHz 11a ht Channel 8 : 2447 MHz 11g ht Channel 108 : 5540* MHz 11a ht Channel 9 : 2452 MHz 11g ht Channel 112 : 5560* MHz 11a ht Channel 10 : 2457 MHz 11g ht Channel 116 : 5580* MHz 11a ht Channel 11 : 2462 MHz 11g ht Channel 120 : 5600* MHz 11a ht Channel 12 : 2467 MHz 11g ht Channel 124 : 5620* MHz 11a ht Channel 13 : 2472 MHz 11g ht Channel 128 : 5640* MHz 11a ht Channel 36 : 5180 MHz 11a ht Channel 132 : 5660* MHz 11a ht Channel 40 : 5200 MHz 11a ht Channel 136 : 5680* MHz 11a ht Channel 44 : 5220 MHz 11a ht Channel 140 : 5700* MHz 11a ht
I have Asus USB-N14. Works well with opnsense, no complaints. Bought it according to the recommendation on https://www.signalsfence.com/. My son shared that site with me when I was looking for a USB wifi. Though I’m 58, technologies don’t seem so complicated to me. Since I retired, reading technology articles has become my main hobby, actually. It’s never late to learn new things, especially when you stopped studying when you graduated from the university. Anyway, thanks for the info, guys. Best wishes.
