Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:09:40 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: eischen@vigrid.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 5000 802.3 and 802.11b support Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10212010938410.18457-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20021130.221528.14997846.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <3DE93F16.2F53BE13@vigrid.com> > Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> writes: > : > : Any idea when freeBSD will support 32 bit cardbus? I'd like to use one of > : > : the new Prism2 802.11b pcmcia cards. > : > > : > Oh? I've not seen cardbus based wi cards. Details? > : > : The D-Link 650 comes in a cardbus version. See: > : > : http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl650/ > : > : I'm now in the market for a wireless card, so I'd like to know > : if these work. > > Yea, I saw those on ebay the day after your post about this. I lost Hmm, I forgot about checking Ebay. Perhaps I'll be competing against you next time ;-) > my first auction, but will have to try again to get me one of these > cards. Do you have one? No. I just priced them out at D-link's site. I don't quite understand it, but the cardbus version (DWL-650) is 59 US while the pccard version (DWL-650H) is 99 US. I wonder if they're web site has got these two versions reversed. If you find a good price on one of these, let me know. I'll continue to look around for one. > : I'm also curious if the 802.11b+ (22Mbps) cards work in FreeBSD. > : Dlink offers one of these in the DWL-650+. > > No. These have a TI chipset in them, but TI won't release the details > of its programming :-(. Not even with an NDA, it seems. Hmph, typical. -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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