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Subject: Re: anyone know any dual-band USB devices with monitoring mode in Linux?
From: George Nychis <gnychis@gmail.com>
To: Mark Davis <marked86@gmail.com>
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Thanks for your suggestions!  I ended up grabbing an RaLink RT3572 for
$12 on Amazon with the AE1000:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VYH1UE/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Not a problem kicking it in to monitoring mode with the rt2x00 driver,
and it is reporting proper signal strengths unlike my ar9280.
Perfect.

- George


On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Mark Davis <marked86@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:14 PM, George Nychis <gnychis@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been using the Sony UWA-BR100 (AR9280) with ath9k_htc, and there
> > is clearly a bug with reporting signal strengths which I need to be
> > correct. ?I've reported the bug, but this might not be fixed in time
> > for a deadline I have coming up, and the bug is in the firmware out of
> > my reach.
> >
> > So I was wondering if anyone knows of any alternative USB dual-band
> > wireless cards that support monitoring mode in Linux. ?I'd _greatly_
> > appreciate it... doesn't need to be Atheros based.
> >
> > - George
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>
> I primarily use AWUS050NH / AWUS051NHs. Dell Wireless 1450 adapters
> are also decent (though they probably perform better in 2.4GHz than
> 5GHz). I'm not really a fan of AR9170 hardware.
>
> -mark