Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 04:01:11 +0200 From: "Harald Schmalzbauer" <H@Schmalzbauer.de> To: "Harry" <harryfrankenfeld@comcast.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ADM8211 wlan nic / wlan suggestions? Message-ID: <COEPJCIGIIIGNLPOKJMDCEDJDIAA.H@Schmalzbauer.de> In-Reply-To: <4B14E4A3-81B9-11D7-82DB-003065C5FFCA@comcast.net>
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owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > Gang, > I'm admittedly a newbie, setting up a new box. I rent an old house, so > my options are either stringing a cat5 from room to room (thus not > making my roommate happy) or 802.11b, which I'm currently using with _Nothing_ is or will be able to replace a CAT5 wire ;-) > my laptop (OS X). > > I bought an SMC2602W, based on the hardware notes for wi, but as > anyone that has been following the support issues knows, SMC, among > many others, switched to using the single-chip ADM8211, which isn't > yet supported. > > So, I've got two questions for the list: > > 1) anyone know of the progress on the driver for this chipset? Regrettably I can't tell you any non-negatives. > > 2) any suggestions for a well-supported 802.11b PCI card? In addition > to a make/model, what chipset should I look for/expect? > The old D-Link DWL520 (without +)! (Prism 2.5) Best regards, -Harry > Thanks, all. > > Harry Frankenfeld > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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