Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:44:54 +0100 From: Lars Stokholm <lars.stokholm@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation Message-ID: <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net>
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John Nielsen wrote: > On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote: > >> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote: >> >>> Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun >>> intended.) :) >>> >>> I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and >>> WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after >>> spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I gave >>> up. >>> >>> I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I >>> want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and >>> supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as >>> long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a >>> popular one, so community support is more available. >>> >> For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. Have >> you looked through the listings here? >> >> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp >> >> Also, you failed to mention what your definition of "cheap" is, and what >> form factor you're looking for (PCI, Cardbus, etc.) I would start with the >> listings at the link above and look through products from the >> cheaper-but-popular brands (D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, Linksys) to see if >> there are any you can currently buy within your price range. I can't really say what cheap is, just that it's in the low(er) end of the scale. I only have a rough sense of the price levels in Denmark and I certainly know nothing about them in the US. :) The listing above it good, but I like this better, since it also warns about different versions of the card: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility This is the list I went through last night: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Atheros But one-by-one I threw them all away. >> The Netgear WG311T seems like a widely available decent bet for ~$50 USD. >> >> In the data sheet it says: "Upgradable to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security." I wonder what that means. Also there are many versions of the card: WG311TIS, WG311TFS, WG311TGE, WG311TNE and so on. After having already spend money on a card that didn't work, because only rev. ? of the card used Atheros, I'm being very cautious.
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