Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 08:12:29 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros card with external antenna connector? Message-ID: <454CBBED.404@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061104184647.14332B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061104184647.14332B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Ian Smith wrote: > On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Sam Leffler wrote: > > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 01:42:00AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > > >> Thankyou Brix! I was unaware of that whole resource, lots to explore. > > > > > > Welcome. Be ware that the resource deals with the Linux madwifi > > > (atheros) driver, but the compatability section should give you some > > > good hints on which cards are supported by the FreeBSD ath(4) driver. > > Brix: glad to be free of my misconception that 'Orinoco Gold' used only > Hermes (wi), lacking hostap mode, like my old 11b Cabletron Roamabout. > Its MC external connector is the same, so I've an eBay target already. > > > The hal is the same and that's basically the only thing that matters wrt > > chip support. > > Sam: just to be sure .. it'd still need to have an AR5210, AR5211, or > AR5212 chipset to be used with ath(4), not the others madwifi supports? The hal supports every Atheros cardbus/pci chip set currently in retail channels except for the AR5005VL parts. This means you can pretty much buy anything in a cardbus/pci form factor. Sam
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