USB wireless adaptor that supports Master Mode?

[Derek Tattersall]

On 05/14/2011 02:51 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sat, 14 May 2011 14:33:37 -0700
> Derek Tattersall wrote:
>
>> Does anyone here know which USB wireless dongles or chipsets support
>> operation in Access Point mode with hostapd?
> I've just been going through this exercise, and have a USB wi-fi dongle
> that sorta kinda almost works with the compat-wireless stuff back ported
> from the 2.6.39 kernel. I expect it may work more solidly by the time
> 2.6.39 is mainstream. Here's my experiences so far:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/hardware/rtl8192cu/rtl8192cu.html
>
> Unfortunately, if you go through the driver list on the linux wireless
> web site looking for USB devices that have AP support, you get
> a really small list of unobtainable stuff :-).
Yes, I noticed that. I was hoping there might be some more recent 
information out there.

I have an Atom netbook - an Acer Aspire One 532H-2382. The on board 
wireless on that does work in AP mode. Unfortunately it is not enough 
laptop for what I need when travelling.