[mythtv-users] wireless usb

[Larry Finger]

On 01/09/2010 09:14 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:04 AM,  <bhaskins at chartermi.net> wrote:
>>
>> ---- Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>> My last reply seems to have been eaten by the email congress ( sorry, congress
>> happens to be the most profane word that I can think of ).
>> In better times, I have done a lot of embedded/dedicated systems and in the
>> process have used and purchased many wireless cards, mostly PCMCIA or PCI.
>> Maybe I'm just spoiled, unlucky, or not gifted but I have never had anything approaching
>> decent luck with any wireless parts by either ralink or broadcom.
>> Spoiled comes from experience with Intel 2200bg or Atheros Ar5xxx, both of which just work,
>> without wasting lots time and patience with constant loss of connections or having to use
>>  ndiswrapper, dhciient, etc just to get up and connect.
>> I just went through a real test of patience with a RT3070 ( which was advertised as
>> an Atheros ) and a Dlink DWA-125 ( identified as a RT2770 ).
>> I tried both of these under the last three versions of both Fedora and Ubuntu plus several
>> other ( low resource ) distros.
>> The D-link had a perfect score, it flunked every test!! and they even have the ~!@#
>> to put a copy of the GNU in the box.
>> The other, the fake Atheros, sort of worked, but nowhere near well enough to keep
>> it out of the trash can.
>>
>> So Jarod, I do like what you add to this list and I'm happy that the ralink works for
>> you but I will just have to keep searching for a working USB wireless card.
>> I think that this might help anyone else, just forward it to the list, else -> null
>> Thanks,
>>  Bert
>>
> 
> I have a linksys wusb600n which has a ralink chip - uses the rtlxxxx
> driver and works great for me with the 2.6.32 compat-wireless package
> on one of my frontends..

I have 3 USB wireless sticks for testing. They are:

Netgear WG111V2 - a RealTek RTL8187L chip - uses rtl8187
LevelOne WNC-0301USB - a RealTek RTL8187B chip - also uses rtl8187
Dell Wireless 1450 USB - a Prism chip - uses p54usb - needs external firmware

All work equally well with ~23-24 Mb/s download and ~20 Mb/s upload. The Dell
has an advantage in that it comes with a USB extension cable that allows one to
position it for best signal.

Larry