From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 8 20:39:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC09516A407 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from lakepoint.domeneshop.no (smtp01.domeneshop.no [194.63.248.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A65013C45E for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:39:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@wm-access.no) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (225.0.33.65.cfl.res.rr.com [65.33.0.225]) (authenticated bits=0) by lakepoint.domeneshop.no (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l08KImn2007440 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:18:50 +0100 Message-ID: <45A2A720.3020905@wm-access.no> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:18:40 -0500 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass References: <200701040541.WAA15207@lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <200701040541.WAA15207@lariat.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Sunnz , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the best supported Wireless card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:39:06 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:09 PM 1/3/2007, Sunnz wrote: > =20 >> I am looking to build a new desktop which is going to have wireless >> access through my router. >> >> I have been using Atheros's chipset with the ath drivers, yes it works= =2E.. >> >> But after read this article: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content= /view/293 >> >> I begin to think if there are better vendors out there? >> >> From the article it seems that Ralink and Atmel are the most >> co-operative vendors to open source communities... >> >> So how good do you think they are? >=20 > The best for 802.11b (not g, alas) is undoubtedly the Intersil=20 > Prism 2.5 and kin. This is in large measure because the chipset > contains a lot of embedded intelligence. The load on the host > CPU is therefore very light and there's less opportunity for > coding mistakes in the host driver. And the embedded firmware=20 > is now as about error-free as any wireless code is going to get. > Atmel's 802.11b chipsets use the Intersil Prism, by the way. >=20 Doesn't Intersil Prism chipsets require alot of PIO (non-DMA) operations to communicate and therefore tax the host CPU considerably? I was to understand the reason the Prism chipsets are considered so inefficient in comparison to Atheros was the time wasteful interaction. Perhaps i was under the wrong impression? --=20 Sten Daniel S=F8rsdal From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 9 16:10:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: chat@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3520216A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com (ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com [38.99.2.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253ED13C46B for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from pool-71-123-204-253.dllstx.fios.verizon.net ([71.123.204.253] helo=reedmedia.net) by ca.pugetsoundtechnology.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1H4JDE-0000Ds-ER for chat@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:48:32 -0800 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 21540-1168357695; Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:48:34 -0600 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:48:15 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: chat@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: writing a beginning BSD admin book in less than two months X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:10:31 -0000 A collaborative, short-term open source authoring project to quickly write a book covering the basics from the 2005 BSDA Certification Requirements Document was recently started. The BSD Certification Group's BSDA (BSD Associate) Certification is for BSD Unix system administrators with light to moderate skills. Using a wiki interface, authors, reviewers and readers are currently contributing to complete the book by the end of February. This bsdwiki contains over a hundred pages each with the topics defined by the BSD Certification Group. 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