From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 3 15:14:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.ufl.edu (sp28fe.nerdc.ufl.edu [128.227.128.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C95A837B406 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 15:14:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bobj@ufl.edu) Received: from ufl.edu (neti.eng.ufl.edu [128.227.235.15]) by smtp.ufl.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2/2.2.1) with ESMTP id f53MEd939362; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:14:40 -0400 Message-ID: <3B1AB6CC.6A9EAD9A@ufl.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 18:14:36 -0400 From: Bob Johnson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en-US,en,en-GB,eo MIME-Version: 1.0 To: root@katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low cost wireless cards? (D-Link, LinkSys, etc) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 16:28:10 -0500 > From: Jim Couch > Subject: Re: Low cost wireless cards? (D-Link, LinkSys, etc) > > I had 4.2 on an armada laptop with a dwl-650 in it since the owner wanted to > do a fully wireless network ..... It never stuttered and you can run the card > configuration utility that comes with the linux drivers using linux > compatability. Thanks, I'll give the D-Link a try. >I have yet to find a wireless nic for 802.11b for under 149.00 > Jim C. Best Buy has the D-Link DWL-650 for $120, and the Linksys WPC11 for $130. I bought a D-Link today, and after some frustration it is working in Windows. Next I'll see if it is easier to get working in FreeBSD... - Bob > P.S. Leo and Patrick on zdtv say that the Linksys and Dlink wireless stuff is > the same hardware with different "skins" and software.... > On Saturday 02 June 2001 03:59 pm, Bob Johnson wrote: > > Some 802.11b wireless PC cards are now in the sub- $120 range, > > which means I can afford to buy one now. > > > > I want something that is Wi-Fi (WECA) certified > > ( http://www.wi-fi.com ), and of the low cost cards I've found > > prices for, that means the D-Link DWL-650 or the Linksys WPC11. > > > > Are either of these cards supported by FBSD 4.3? > > > > Can anyone recommend a Wi-Fi 802.11b card for under $150 or so? > > > > Is there an on-line copy of pccard.conf I can browse? I'm sure > > it must be somewhere, but I haven't found it. I need to upgrade > > my laptop to 4.3 anyway, but so far I haven't found the few hours > > it would take to do it. Maybe tomorrow... > > > > - Bob > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message