From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 22:29:09 2005 Return-Path: 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 E8C9A16A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:29:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spadger.best.vwh.net (spadger.best.vwh.net [192.220.100.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB8043D31 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:29:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spadger@spadger.best.vwh.net) Received: (qmail 21748 invoked by uid 25849); 7 Jan 2005 22:29:09 -0000 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 14:29:09 -0800 From: Andrew Sparrow To: Dmitri DB Message-ID: <20050107142909.A10295@spadger.best.vwh.net> References: <8039291a0501071340470b2201@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <8039291a0501071340470b2201@mail.gmail.com>; from dmitridb@gmail.com on Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:40:22PM -0800 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best pcmcia wifi card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:29:10 -0000 On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:40:22PM -0800, Dmitri DB wrote: > I have just gone through two different wifi cards for my laptop and > they both didn't work for freeBSD. The first one was a d-link DWL-600 > (i think) and I could only get it working through ndiswrapper, and > even then I wanted one with monitoring mode. For christmas I asked for > an orinoco card because I was told they are good, but again, I got one > that is unsupported under freeBSD and no monitoring mode (It's a > proxim a/b combocard that isnt even supported by proxim anymore) > > Anyways, I need some suggestions. Can anyone suggest a good pcmcia > wifi card that both works under freeBSD and has monitoring mode? My > primary aim for using it is probably just for finding access points > and the like so one that supports monitoring mode is a must. The Prism 2.x chipset, like a Compaq WL100 or an Orinocco Silver or Gold card (you can flash a Silver card to suport 128-bit WEP, then it's a Gold card), is most likely what you want. Note that these are all 16-bit 802.11b cards using the 'wi' driver, and usable with 'dstumbler' from the 'bsd-airtools' port; Way obsolete now. The Seattle free wireless web site has pointers to generic Taiwanese cards using this chipset. I'm not aware of any a/g cards with support for monitor mode - which isn't to say that they don't exist. Cheers, Andy.