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Date:      Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:05:29 -0500
From:      Bob Collins <bobc@anything-inc.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Symbol Technologies Spectrum 24 pccard
Message-ID:  <20040301160529.GA2533@yoda.anything-inc.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040229212826.GC20334@pir.net>
References:  <20040225171549.GA55443@yoda.anything-inc.com> <20040225170935.GA18598@pir.net> <20040229.141748.67674271.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040229212826.GC20334@pir.net>

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On Sun, Feb 29, 2004, Peter Radcliffe clacked the keyboard to produce:
> "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> probably said:
> >             Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> writes:
> > : It's a prism 2 card with symbol firmware. Hardly top of the line or
> > : expensive.
> > Last time I tested the symbol cards, they worked great.
> 
> I didn't say that they didn't, but they're not exactly top of the
> line (which is what he said he was being offered).

No, actually I wrote that I was not interested in top of the line. I said
I was/am cheap about it as I do not plan on using it too much. But no
worries, I just wanted a little something for wireless for incidental
uses. :-) 

> However, on a related note, I have a symbol card taken from a base
> station that is recognised with the following /etc/pccard.conf entry
> on -stable (entry added by me);
> 
>   card "Symbol Technologies" "LA4111 Spectrum24 Wireless LAN PC Card"
>           config	auto "wi" ?
>           insert	/etc/pccard_ether $device start
>           remove	/etc/pccard_ether $device stop

I too added this over the weekend and got it working nicely with a
cheapo Belkin AP. Works fine.

And thank you all for the help and comments.

-- 
Bob

"Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff. And if it's
properly structured in a developmental program, children can blossom."
-Bob Keeshan aka `Captain Kangaroo'



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