From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jul 16 14:16:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7B037B400; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thought.holo.org (w120.z064002057.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.2.57.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1720A43E64; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:16:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.int.holo.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g6GFU63m037021; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:30:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" X-X-Sender: brian@thought.int.holo.org To: Alexey Zelkin Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wi-fi AP In-Reply-To: <20020716152724.A20217@gate.sim.ionidea.com> Message-ID: <20020716082258.V34988-100000@thought.int.holo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alexey, I recommend the Samsung MagicLAN card, because it's Prism2 and supports external antennas. I believe there are two versions of the card sold, one which has an integrated antenna, and one which has two MMCX jacks and no integrated antenna. I believe that there is also a PCI version available. I've only seen these for sale at enkay.com. For antennas, check out hyperlinktech.com. A good antenna makes a big difference in range and signal quality. If your customer doesn't care about having a good external antenna, you could go for the cheap and dependable Netgear MA401. There are two variants of these. The older ones are Prism2 and the newer ones are Prism2.5. I picked one up for $50 last month. Both seem to work equally well in hostAP mode. - Brian -- Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > Folks, > > My customer want to setup few wireless networks based on FreeBSD > server and require that server's wireless card to be used in Access > Point mode. Please suggest what cards are known (and tested) to work > in AP mode under FreeBSD ? > > PS: I also more interested in PCI form factor cards, but PCMCIA are > also accepted. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message