

Its also very small and almost does not stick out of the laptop. Its not very powerful as it comes with 1×1 antennas and 802.11n support – yes only single antenna. The Realtek company even got Taiwan Green Classics Award 2011 for their 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz 1T1R WLAN Single Chip Controller (RTL8188CE/RTL8188CUS) on 2011 year when it was introduced. Its used in many appliances and products but we are interested in its small USB WiFi version that is really small. This is where Realtek RTL8188CUS chip comes hand. When using FreeBSD on a new laptop you sometimes find out that the WiFi chip that it came with is not supported … or not yet supported in RELEASE version and support exists in CURRENT development version that you do not want to use.
