Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:38 +0100 From: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= <se@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel Hyde <daniel.hyde@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11g pci card recommendations? Message-ID: <20041202230538.GC9432@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <c7f6f0f20412012136408fe059@mail.gmail.com> References: <c7f6f0f20412012136408fe059@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2004-12-02 16:36 +1100, Daniel Hyde <daniel.hyde@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking of going for a card supporting WPA encryption for forward > compatibility. My gateway/router supports both WPA and WEP; however > my flatmate's card supports only WEP. Thus, at this point in time, > WPA support on my card is somewhat redundant in that its benefits will > basically be eliminated by running the gateway in a WEP-compatible > mode. > > My flatmate's card is a NetGear WG311 v2. Up until last night I was > expecting I'd probably get one of these, since the WG311 is listed on > the supported hardware page. Then we discovered that the v2 is based > on a different chipset that is not compatible with the ath driver! > (Why, oh why did they not change the model number when they changed > the chipset?) > > So, now I'm not quite game to just buy a card and hope for the best: > I'd like to know before I purchase what's going to work and what's > not. Any recommendations or general advice would be greatly > appreciated. I've got a Netgear WG311T, which is supported by both the ath driver and the NDIS wrapper. A cheaper Atheros based solution appears to be the Allnet ALL0281 for 33 Euro / US$45 (i.e. about half the price of the WG311T), but I have never used that one ... See: http://www.allnet.de/kontakt.php http://www.allnet-usa.com/html/shop.php Regards, STefan
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