From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 12:30:16 2003 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 57CF716A4BF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:30:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F2E243F93 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:30:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.2) with SMTP id FAA20323; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:29:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:29:49 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Doug White In-Reply-To: <20030915115310.F2862@carver.gumbysoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: twig les cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless noob, researching solid NICs 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: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:30:16 -0000 On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, twig les wrote: > > > Hey all, I'm trying to get my first wireless network running in > > the next week or so and am researching the different options. I > > liked the Intel option but the 2011 card is discontinued. I > > also liked the Linksys option but I'm reading about some of the > > newer firmwares not being supported (>2.0?). Can anyone > > recommend a nice little PCMCIA 802.11b card that works with WEP > > and is supported in 5.x? > > Netgear MA411. Its a Prism2.5 chipset and works well with just about > anything. You can rev the firmware if you want to do hostap but the > shipped firmware is fine for normal station use. Is the MA411 significantly better / different from the MA401? Thanks, Ian