Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:47:58 -0700 From: Kendall Shaw <kshaw@kendallshaw.com> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pcmcia wifi adapter that can be purchased? Message-ID: <878vi3qk4h.fsf@neti.kendallshaw.com> In-Reply-To: <4F84AF58.2090306@onetel.com> (Chris Whitehouse's message of "Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:08:24 %2B0100") References: <87obqzqyhm.fsf@neti.kendallshaw.com> <4F84AF58.2090306@onetel.com>
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Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> writes: > On 10/04/2012 18:37, Kendall Shaw wrote: >> >> Do you happen to know of a PCMCIA Type II wireless adapter that is >> currently being sold online that supports WPA under freebsd 9.0? >> Alternately, a USB 1.0 adapter? I would rather keep the USB ports free >> for other uses. > > Linksys WPC54G works with malo driver (check the man page if you get > one) and is available on ebay. I haven't had one in regular use but I > just did a flood ping on 9.0R i386 and it showed less than 1% packet > loss. > > Chris Thanks. Oops... I clicked too soon and bought from Amazon. The bwi/bwn man pages say the version 3 of the adapter is supported. Amazon doesn't say what version. Is the malo driver for newer versions of the adapter? Thanks to the other poster for suggesting looking at the bwi/bmn man pages. Kendall
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