Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:11:15 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: tlippert362@earthlink.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless NIC Card Message-ID: <20040619.221115.73165846.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <40C93338.4060606@earthlink.net> References: <40C7ED26.8010607@sbcglobal.net> <40C93338.4060606@earthlink.net>
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Thomas Lippert <tlippert362@earthlink.net> writes:
: On Thu Jun 10 16:16:58 2004 rtfm wrote:
: > Are all variations of the netgear ma401 wireless nic card supported?
: > I looked in the wi man page for 5.2-CURRENT, and it seems to mention
: > model "ma401ra". That card doesn't seem to exist, but I have come
: > across an ma401na. I just want to be sure that this card is what the
: > man page was getting at before I purchase it.
: I have the ma401ra, on the box it just says ma401. I only see the
: ma401ra in the output of dumpcis. i suspect this may just be a build
: similar to the linksys cards which come in several versions. that being
: said this card at least functions well. this is a pcmcia card not a
: cardbus. This card does seem to work well on 5.x, though on this laptop
: the appropriate slots are only working on current.
The ra card is symbol based, while the non ra card is prism 2/3
based. I have no idea what the na card is.
Warner
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