recommended usb wifi device?

[Ian Smith]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:38:35 -0800, Colin Percival wrote:
 > On 02/11/14 09:32, Ian Smith wrote:
 > > On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:12:44 -0800, Colin Percival wrote:

 > >  > I purchased this (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00AM2NBYS/) and it arrived
 > >  > today:
 > >  > 
 > >  > > ugen1.3: <Ralink> at usbus1
 > >  > > run0: <Ralink 802.11 n WLAN, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 3> on usbus1
 > >  > > run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address 
 > >  > > XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
 > >  > 
 > >  > I plugged it into my 9.2-RELEASE laptop and it was recognized immediately.
 > >  > Setting the MAC address seems to render it non-functional, but aside from
 > >  > that it is working perfectly.
 > >  > 
 > >  > This goes on my "recommended FreeBSD hardware" list.
 > > 
 > > Hi Colin, what's the laptop?  No issues with BIOS blacklists?
 > 
 > This is on my Dell E5420, but the Engenius EUB9707 is a USB device; it's
 > "internal" minipci cards which I've heard about BIOS blacklists for.

Sorry, should have checked out your link first ..

Thanks, Ian