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Date:      Fri, 21 Mar 2003 21:42:15 +0100
From:      Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Good wireless card for -current?
Message-ID:  <20030321204215.GB596@nosferatu.blackend.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030319162444.D1111@znfgre.tberna.bet>
References:  <20030319020030.Y88684@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030319132620.Y677@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030319225758.GA596@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20030319162444.D1111@znfgre.tberna.bet>

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:27:53PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
[...]
> 
> What kind of speed do you get on this with encryption enabled? My laptop
> can do 6-7 MBps on the wire, so I'm looking for something that can at
> least do 5.5 with full WEP (yes I know WEP isn't secure, but I like to
> raise the bar if I can). Also, does it do promiscuous mode? The vendor
> website is of limited usefulness.
>

I hardly got more than 5 with full WEP, well it's what said "wmnet"...
I use it to read maildirs over NFS and to access to internet on a 512kps
DSL line, so the the *speed* is enough for me.
The card supports promiscuous mode.

Marc

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