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Date:      Wed, 23 May 2001 14:23:49 -0700
From:      "Eric Rosenberry" <eric@rosenberry.org>
To:        <mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Linksys Wireless Cards (WPC11)
Message-ID:  <GLEOKLAKEIBLAAKKFHEIKEECCDAA.eric@rosenberry.org>

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So I finally got around to buying myself an 802.11b wireless setup.  Linksys
just released their new base station, which includes a wireless bridge, a
4-port 100-megabit switch and a 10-megabit port to hook it to a cable
modem/dsl line (it has a NAT built in to it) all for $220!  They also
dropped the price on the PCMCIA cards to $105 (at buy.com)!!!

Anyway, on to my question:  Do these cards work in freebsd?  The box says
they use the Intersil HFA3841/HFA3842 chip sets.  A quick search of the
freebsd docs and mailing lists turned up no hits on linksys wireless cards.
I don't suppose I am lucky enough for them to use the same drivers as the
aironet cards or the lucent ones?

If there are no current drivers for them I would love to see freebsd pick up
support for them as they are the lowest price somewhat name brand cards on
the market!  I have been very happy with Linksys products in the past, very
simple yet elegant design in the hardware and the software.

Any help/suggestions are appreciated!

P.S.  For those of you that are interested here are the links to the specs
for the cards and base station.  Note that you could also buy a PCI adaptor
to use one of the PCMCIA cards in a desktop FreeBSD machine and use it as
your router instead of buying the base station.

The base station model is BEFW11S4 (price at buy.com $219.95 including free
shipping)
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=173&grid=19
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10273558&loc=273

The PCMCIA wireless card model is WPC11 (price at buy.com $104.95)
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=156&grid=19
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?loc=101&sku=10259367

P.P.S  I just updated the firmware in my base station and it now seems it
will do 128 bit encryption (which is not an advertised feature!).

-Eric


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