Attempted a Netgear N300 with the BCM43231 chipset, assuming that the bwi driver could be loaded via a tunable.
Nope. This is all I saw in messages
May 4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: <Broadcom> at usbus3 (disconnected)
May 4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3
May 4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: <Broadcom> at usbus3
Will have to research and try another card/dongle.