Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:00:10 +0100 From: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@outi.echsi.de> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement Message-ID: <40507EFA.4090605@outi.echsi.de> In-Reply-To: <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com> References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > Matthew Bettinger wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 laptops at >> work which will be used for freebsd 4.9. They came with the Dell >> TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has very little support all >> around and will need to be replaced. >> What is a tried and true, without fail, decent card >> (pcmcia or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement? >> >> I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I still >> feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards for these >> boxes without some list-serv feedback. >> >> I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352... >> >> The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and support >> 128bit wep. > > > I have a D600, and I've been using an Atheros 5212 based mini-pci > wireless card. It supports 802.11a/b/g. I run FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT, > but it would work well for you on 5.2.1-RELEASE. The name of the card > was "Netegriti" I believe, and I think I found them on Ebay, and then > purchased directly from the company's website. > > On a side note - if you do run 5.2.1, you should be able to use the > NDISulator (aka "project evil") - to use your current TrueMobile card. > > If you need any configs, etc, for the D600, let me know. I have finally > got everything just how I want it. :) > > > Eric i'm running my dell truemobile d600 (latitude d600) with ndis-wrapper (project evil) on 5.2 current with no problems. it runs flawless. i'd recommend to run at least 5.2.1 for acpi-support (which works quite well, too) in 5.2 current you'll have the acpi-video extension, that turns off your display on lid close e.g. but acpi-video and ndis-wrapper should run on a 5.2.1 release too, if you don't want to run a recent current... patrick
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