Re: [List] Re: Seeking WiFi card supporting hostap

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 11:49 AM Frank Leonhardt <[email protected]>
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> On 31/03/2026 00:42, Waitman Gobble wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM Frank Leonhardt <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Can anyone point me to a PCIe (or possibly USB) WiFi NIC that supports
> hostap, that I can actually buy? Link to Amazon UK or similar appreciated.
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> I believe the best choice may be something based on the Qualcomm Atheros
> AR9380. Finding a card for sale that says it's base on this chip is,
> however, proving difficult. They're all "super-fast" or "mega-fast" or
> "ultra-fast" but the silicon doesn't feature in the description. If you
> know of a card but you're not sure it will probably be connected using
> the ath driver, or run ifconfig and see if HOSTAP is one of the flags.
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> Any pointers much appreciated.
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> Thanks, Frank.
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> It's been ages but I recall only finding one that does host ap, and my
> memory is it was the usb dongle raspberry pi sold before they had
> wifi... might check ebay.
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> Thanks.
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> I've read some notes to say that Atheros support is lagging, and FreeBSD
> 15 has a partial update to the newer chips so suspect I'll have to use an
> older one if stable. At least they're cheap! But I can't locate a PCIe card.
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> The QCNFA222 module for laptops seems to be well supported for a fiver,
> but only goes up to 802.11n (which is probably okay). There is also a world
> of laptop -> PCIe adapters I wasn't aware of, and the GLOTRENDS WA01 looks
> idea as it has the antennas built in.
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> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tyatocepy-QCNFA222-AW-NB234NF-Wireless-Bluetooth-White-green/dp/B0CXDT8WTW
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> https://www.amazon.co.uk/GLOTRENDS-Wireless-Adapter-Network-Antenna-Gold/dp/B09ZDPP43X
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> It's annoying because Intel chipset cards are more modern, higher
> throughput, cheap and plentiful. I'm tempted to see if I can do anything
> with the drivers myself, but I suspect it's non-trivial.
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> Regards, Frank.
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Hi,

I am using this one and works by default and without problems[1]

Bye!

[1] https://www.amazon.es/gp/aw/d/B008IFXQFU?psc=1

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