Is there any working 802.11N USB Nic?

Is there any working 802.11N USB Nic?

[Ken Mandelberg]

Sorry for the newbie question. I have a real need to add a wireless usb 
nic to a Linux laptop that will run at 11N speeds. Is there anything 
that will work?

I have an Airlink AWLL6080 (Ralink 2870). Is there any native work for 
this chipset? I've tried ndiswrapper with an XP driver, but that only 
connects in G mode.

Is there any work related to a different 11N usb nic?

Re: Is there any working 802.11N USB Nic?

[Andreas Gnau]

Ken Mandelberg schrieb:
> I have an Airlink AWLL6080 (Ralink 2870). Is there any native work for
> this chipset? I've tried ndiswrapper with an XP driver, but that only
> connects in G mode.

There are native drivers by Ralink for this chipset on their website.
[1]. I don't know how well they work, though. Maybe the rt2x00-project
will work on this once the current rt2x00 drivers are completely finished.

NDISWrapper should also support 802.1n, so start a new thread in the
NDISWrapper support forum [2], if you need additional help.


[1] http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
[2]
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,34/

Re: Is there any working 802.11N USB Nic?

[Ivo van Doorn]

On Saturday 31 May 2008, Andreas Gnau wrote:
> Ken Mandelberg schrieb:
> > I have an Airlink AWLL6080 (Ralink 2870). Is there any native work for
> > this chipset? I've tried ndiswrapper with an XP driver, but that only
> > connects in G mode.
> 
> There are native drivers by Ralink for this chipset on their website.
> [1]. I don't know how well they work, though. Maybe the rt2x00-project
> will work on this once the current rt2x00 drivers are completely finished.

Work is already in progress to port the legacy drivers to rt2x00, but
due to lack of time this is going very slowely.

> NDISWrapper should also support 802.1n, so start a new thread in the
> NDISWrapper support forum [2], if you need additional help.
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
> [2]
> http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,34/
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Re: Is there any working 802.11N USB Nic?

[Ken Mandelberg]

Andreas Gnau wrote, On 05/31/08 16:17:
> Ken Mandelberg schrieb:
>> I have an Airlink AWLL6080 (Ralink 2870). Is there any native work for
>> this chipset? I've tried ndiswrapper with an XP driver, but that only
>> connects in G mode.
>
> There are native drivers by Ralink for this chipset on their website.
> [1]. I don't know how well they work, though. Maybe the rt2x00-project
> will work on this once the current rt2x00 drivers are completely finished.
>
> NDISWrapper should also support 802.1n, so start a new thread in the
> NDISWrapper support forum [2], if you need additional help.
>
>
> [1] http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
> [2]
> http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,34/

Andreas, thanks for the tips. I didn't know about the native Ralink 
driver for the 2870. I've gone ahead an built it and tested it.

The access point can be either in b/g/n mode or N only mode. In b/g/n 
mode it connects at G. In N only mode it doesn't connect.

iwconfig doesn't have a "modu" parameter for 11n, so I don't force a 
modulation from the Linux side. Should I be somehow?