Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:52:37 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> To: Lars Stokholm <lars.stokholm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation Message-ID: <20070115195237.GB5768@heff.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com> References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 08:44:54PM +0100, Lars Stokholm wrote: > John Nielsen wrote: > >On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote: > > > >>On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun > >>>intended.) :) > >>> > >>>I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and > >>>WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after > >>>spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I gave > >>>up. > >>> > >>>I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I > >>>want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and > >>>supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as > >>>long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a > >>>popular one, so community support is more available. > >>> > >>For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. Have > >>you looked through the listings here? > >> > >>http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp > >> > >>Also, you failed to mention what your definition of "cheap" is, and what > >>form factor you're looking for (PCI, Cardbus, etc.) I would start with the > >>listings at the link above and look through products from the > >>cheaper-but-popular brands (D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, Linksys) to see if > >>there are any you can currently buy within your price range. > > I can't really say what cheap is, just that it's in the low(er) end of > the scale. I only have a rough sense of the price levels in Denmark and > I certainly know nothing about them in the US. :) > The cheapest Atheros card I have found is the Cameo WLG-1202, $50 NZD and works fine. Andrew
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