From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Mar 19 9:48:49 2003 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 D60AF37B401; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:48:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCC1343F75; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP id MUA74016; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:48:45 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B2AEA5D08; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:48:44 -0800 (PST) To: Doug Barton Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good wireless card for -current? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Mar 2003 02:03:50 PST." <20030319020030.Y88684@znfgre.tberna.bet> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:48:44 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030319174844.B2AEA5D08@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 02:03:50 -0800 (PST) > From: Doug Barton > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > I need a recommendation for a good wireless card for -current. Fast is > good, cheap is good (but I don't mind paying a little more for fast). I'd > like something that'll do promiscuous mode, and more hardware crypto is > better. Of course, known to work well with -current is a "need to have." Doug, I believe any Prism 2 or Prism 2.5 card (which includes cards from D-Link, Netgear, Intel, Intersil, and Linksys) should work well. I have not tried my Orinoco Gold card, but I am less confident of it. The D-Link DWL-650 (but not the 650+), the Netgear MA401, the Intel PRO/Wireless and the Linksys WPC11 are examples. I am currently using the Intel on my system. Of course, just about every vendor has some history of changing the chip used without changing model numbers, so there are no guarantees that you won't wind up with some mystery chip in a product that works for others. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message