[Battlemesh] usb wifi dongle

John Crispin john at phrozen.org
Tue Mar 15 12:23:34 CET 2016



On 15/03/2016 12:18, Bastian Bittorf wrote:
> * John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> [15.03.2016 12:08]:
>> i am in the unfortunate situation where i need to use a usb wifi dongle
>> in AP mode. which chipsets work ? quick search on google yielded
>> RTL8192cu which is scary as it is made by realtek, could this really be
>> the one of choice ?
> 
> Don't do it! 8-)
> There are too many side-effects.
> 
> What you can use is:
> https://wiki.hackerspace.pl/projects:zsun-wifi-card-reader
> 
> it has a modern ath9331 SoC and is small enough.
> using usb2usbnet you can bridge it into your
> existing router.
> 
> bye, bastian
> 

lets assume there is no SD slot and i really had to use USB and am aware
that it can cause burns and bruises ... is there no sane solution at all ?

	John



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