Hardware compatibility: USB dual-band (abgn) WLAN Wifi adapters

[platypussy]

Hi!

I run OPNsense in a VM, on a Linux qemu/KVM host, with PCIe pass-through of an AR9380 for my wireless needs. I might need to switch to a USB adapter (and USB pass-through) in the future to free up that PCIe slot for a GPU (there might be an NVENC use case).

1) I'm fairly sure i can just refer to any FreeBSD HCL (hardware compatibility list), can i?
2) I'd really love to run "simultaneous dual-band", serving my wireless network on both bands (bgn 2.4 as well as a/an 5 GHz) …any recommendations for capable USB hardware?
3) Please don't hesitate to reply, even if you find this here post in the far future. I'm always happy to learn something i might not know.

Kind Regards
fluffy :3

[monstermania]

Hi,
AFAIK there is no usb wifi that supports 5 Ghz with FreeBSD!
Some wifi sticks with RALINK chipsets (RT2800/3070/5370) works with FreeBSD. But only into 2,4 Ghz and up to 54 Mbit.

I recommend you to use an external AP for wifi.

best regards
Dirk