Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:49:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: toml@mitre.org (Tom Lehman) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop for FreeBSD with WaveLan Message-ID: <199706110019.JAA12659@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706102021.QAA25261@mbunix.mitre.org> from Tom Lehman at "Jun 10, 97 04:18:36 pm"
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Tom Lehman stands accused of saying: > I am preparing to buy a couple of laptops and install FreeBSD 2.2.2. If > anybody has any recommendations for manufactures/models that they have had > success with, I would appreciate the feedback. Right now, the big thing to be aware of is that there's not much in the way of support for CardBus machines. In general, most name-brand systems work quite well; IBM, NEC, Toshiba, Sharp, etc. We've used the Sharp PC9000/9030/9070 systems with great success, although you may have trouble getting these (there is anohter set of 9000 machines that are CardBus). > In addition I would like to use PCMCIA (Type II) WaveLAN cards in the > laptops with WaveLAN ISA in the FreeBSD 2.2.2 desktop systems. Are there > FreeBSD drivers available for these cards? Thanks in advance. The PAO distribution has a driver for these cards, and the Portland Mobile-IP code also supports them. I would stick with the PAO code just on the basis of simplicity of integration. > Tom Lehman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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