Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:45:28 -0500 From: Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net> To: Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Manufacturer documented wireless NIC's Message-ID: <20070122014528.GB87464@sentinelchicken.net> In-Reply-To: <45B40E08.6020606@fastmail.fm> References: <45B40E08.6020606@fastmail.fm>
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On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 07:06:16PM -0600, Patrick Bowen wrote: > I'm looking to replace the Realtek rtl8185 mini-PCI wireless NIC in my > laptop, and I was wondering about what to replace it with. > > Could anyone tell me who the manufacturers are that support their chips > with documentation available to FreeBSD for the writing of drivers, > please. I believe that Ralink and Atmel are in that category, according > to the googling I've been able to do. > > I'd like to support those manufacturers that support FreeBSD. > > Thanks in Advance, > Patrick Check out: # man ath_hal I've been pretty happy with *built-in* ath(4)/ath_hal(4) NICs. I have no experience with PCMCIA (or whatever they are called) versions. Cheers, Jason
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