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Date:      Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:54:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wireless noob, researching solid NICs
Message-ID:  <20030915115310.F2862@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030915010413.60733.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030915010413.60733.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, twig les wrote:

> Hey all, I'm trying to get my first wireless network running in
> the next week or so and am researching the different options.  I
> liked the Intel option but the 2011 card is discontinued.  I
> also liked the Linksys option but I'm reading about some of the
> newer firmwares not being supported (>2.0?).  Can anyone
> recommend a nice little PCMCIA 802.11b card that works with WEP
> and is supported in 5.x?

Netgear MA411.  Its a Prism2.5 chipset and works well with just about
anything.  You can rev the firmware if you want to do hostap but the
shipped firmware is fine for normal station use.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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