From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 22:00:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D493316A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3C7943FB1 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:00:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h9J500Ip015371; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:00:00 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id h9J5006s015363; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:00:00 -0700 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:00:00 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: yussef@claygirl.org Message-ID: <20031019050000.GA15017@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20031019035952.GA93160@drunkmonk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MiniPCI wireless card. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:00:05 -0000 --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:50:12PM -0700, yussef@claygirl.org wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:59:52 -0600 > Amar Takhar wrote: >=20 > > I just ordered a dell i8600, unfortunatly last night i found out from > > Stuart > > Walsh that the Dell TrueMobile 1400 series is a Broadcom 43xx series > > card. > >=20 > > I'm wondering if any of you have a recomendation for a MiniPCI > > wireless card > > that supports a/b/g. Of course, i'm looking for maximum compatability > > with > > FreeBSD, and preferably one that can act as an AP. >=20 > I dont think you're gonna find a single card that meets all those > requirements. afaik, prism based cards are the only ones that can act as > AP's. but i believe the prism card's are only able to do B. I dont think > A is even supported under fbsd. > Please correct me if any of this information is incorrect. If you could find an appropriate Atheros MiniPCI card it would meet all these requirements. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/khpMXY6L6fI4GtQRAvc+AKDIYCw6u834jOdmAgzzr17Huym17QCglGCK KkzOrTpW4iV0r1ZxEGvG2Sc= =EXU4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9--