Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:01:39 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which 802.11b card for 4.4? Message-ID: <20020117120139.A4391@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <005a01c19f90$57bf5af0$8f7ba8c0@keg>; from larse@ISI.EDU on Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:51:21AM -0800 References: <005a01c19f90$57bf5af0$8f7ba8c0@keg>
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--/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:51:21AM -0800, Lars Eggert wrote: > we're looking to buy a bunch of 802.11b cards that need to work under > FreeBSD-4.4 (soon 4.5) with 128bit WEP and Cisco access points (which > are not under our direct administration). >=20 > The cheapest right now seems to be the "Netgear MA401NA 802.11b Wireless > PC Card" ($49 at Outpost.com) - but people reported problems with it. > Have these been resolved? >=20 > Another cheap cards are the "D-Link DWL-650 WirelessLAN 802.11b PC Card" > ($59 at computers4sure.com). Anyone have experiences with these? >=20 > Are there any others you'd recommend? (Ideally, we'd buy Cisco cards, > but since we're a .edu, saving a few bucks is good... :-) The Lucent cards are generally superior to the various Prism II designs. You can get gold cards for $87 on pricewatch. That's more then the cheap stuff, but quite a bit less then the $130 I've heard as the best prices for Ciscos. I'd certaintly suggest you pick up one of anything you're considering before you buy a bunch with possiable exception of Lucent or Cisco cards. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Ry2jXY6L6fI4GtQRAtdMAKCoJf1jc0+8ChLCO4jkJPl8pJ722ACfRCni JfDOQEGbFtzlfPXuNDTg6PU= =t6H2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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