Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:09:31 -0800 From: "Morgan Davis" <morgan.davis@hosting.com> To: "'John Utz'" <john@utzweb.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'Richard Shaw'" <Richard.Shaw@mondus.com> Subject: RE: PCI Wavelan cards under 4.4 Message-ID: <002001c19ed2$1769b950$b617a3cd@ctsd2> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201161440140.3865-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
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I'm not using the AWA-100 quite that way as I have a D-Link WAP 1000 Wireless Access Point that connects to my private LAN switch. D-Link WAP 1000 http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl1000ap/ I got the D-Link after reading a good PC Magazine review comparing it to others (including more expensive Cisco stuff). The price is great and the wired link speed is 100mbps (unlike many others that top out at 10mbps -- kind of silly with theoretical 11mbps wireless speed). The home network is served by a FreeBSD router/nat/firewall/fileserver machine. The Addtron AWA-100 pci/pccard is in another FreeBSD "client" machine acting as an audio component upstairs in my stereo rack. Its sole job is to playback MP3s which it pulls over wireless NFS access to the server downstairs. Putting the AWA-100 in that little box (see link below) saved me from having to run wiring between floors of the house. Shuttle SV24 Mini Barebones System http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1572&p=1 It only has PCI slot, which the AWA-100 occupies. I would love to know if there is any kind of a wlan adapter that can plug into a 10/100 port (or even USB if it works with FreeBSD), so I can free up the PCI slot for a sound card with digital outputs. If anyone knows, please enlighten me! Thanks. --Morgan > -----Original Message----- > From: John Utz [mailto:john@utzweb.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:43 PM > To: mdavis@cts.com > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; 'Richard Shaw' > Subject: RE: PCI Wavelan cards under 4.4 > > wow! cool. > > so, if i stuck this in my gateway box, would i then be able to route all > the wireless traffic in my house? > > that would be *mass* cheaper than buying one of those combo wire/wireless > switches.... > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Morgan Davis wrote: > > > I have one of these working with 4.5-PRERELEASE: > > > > http://www.addtron.com/products/awa100.htm > > > > I bought it only because it said it was compatible with Linux, and was > > thrilled to see that it worked with FreeBSD. I'm getting about 5+ Mbps > > over it. > > > > The only problem, which I reported here a couple weeks ago, is that I > > regularly get kernel messages on the console about "oversized packets". > > Other than annoying, it doesn't seem to be a problem. Does anyone know > > if those messages indicate a real error situation that can be fixed on > > my end, is this just debug output, or what? > > > > By the way, the Addtron AWA-100 PCI card looked identical to one sold by > > 3Com under the USRobotics brand, but was less expensive at Fry's: $79 > > for the Addtron vs. $140 for the USRobotics. The $79 package also > > included the Addtron pccard, which, amazingly, sells separately for > > $110. > > > > --Morgan > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > > stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Richard Shaw > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:36 AM > > > To: Freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: PCI Wavelan cards under 4.4 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm attempting to get a 3com wavelan 3crwe777a PCI card working under > > 4.4 > > > Release. I've trawled for posts on this and have found plenty > > mentioning > > > how easy it was to get the ISA version working, but have had no solid > > > confirmations that the PCI one will work. There have been mumblings of > > > incompatibilities with some motherboards, talk of support coming soon > > but > > > nothing definite. Has anyone set one up, or managed to get one working > > ? > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > John L. Utz III > john@utzweb.net > > Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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