From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 24 15:09:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BA316A4CF; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:09:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from transwarp.tao.org.uk (transwarp.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AD843D5A; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:09:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@tao.org.uk) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (genius.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.51]) by transwarp.tao.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3F0EA2C; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:09:28 +0100 (BST) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id 67A914251; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:09:28 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:09:28 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Stefan E?er , Josef Karthauser , current@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040624150928.GA61325@genius.tao.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , Stefan E?er , Josef Karthauser , current@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org References: <20040620133936.GA791@genius.tao.org.uk> <20040620135433.GA769@genius.tao.org.uk> <20040620183004.GB94851@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040620183004.GB94851@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-taoresearch-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Tao Research for more information X-taoresearch-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: joe@tao.org.uk Subject: Re: Wireless support for the Netgear WG311T? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:09:58 -0000 --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 08:30:04PM +0200, Stefan E?er wrote: > On 2004-06-20 14:54 +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 02:39:36PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > The ath manual pages says that we support the Netgear WG311 and the > > > WG511T, but do we also support the WG311T? (Is the T significant?). >=20 > AFAIK, the WG311T and WG511T use an enhanced Atheros chip with=20 > improved S/N ratio. (The Netgear web site talks about improved > antenna technology, but I don't see what's special about that > antenna at all. There used to be a more specific technical data > sheet, which talked about the improved sensitivity and S/N of the > new radio, and I guess that's what actually makes the difference. > I also seem to remember some article on "www.smallnetbuilder.com" > that talked about a new Atheros chip set with increased range back > in September 2003. Hmmm, might have been: In the end I decided to purchase both a WG311T and WG511T to start my wireless network. Hopefully it will work out fine. Thanks to everyone who contributed to enabling me to come to a decision. Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkDa7qcACgkQXVIcjOaxUBbHawCfRaMvZsCFJOXJlcF1OT9UvU8x VEIAn3kebEkPqteDcr46EwIvMBEYAD0R =qiMp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--