Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:30:28 +0100 From: "Uwe Kolsch" <uwe.kolsch@wax.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Wireless Cards ? Message-ID: <011701c43868$5bb85da0$cc06a8c0@wax.local> In-Reply-To: <c7u3cs$hld$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Edmund Allain wrote: > What wireless cards work on BSD ? I need a specific card in which I=20 > can go to Compusa and purchase it. I have already bought a smc2602w=20 > which was suppose to work but they change the chip. I m really=20 > frustrated with this delimna. Please give specific card names Thanks=20 > in advance eddie > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 I'm using a D-Link AirPlus Xtreme, got it from ebuyer.co.uk, but guess = you can get it from ebuyer.com as well. Works fine, except: WEP doesn't work (when I gave the key I used with = w2k and linux ifconfig did not accept it, because it were to short, if I added two = random digits ifconfig accepted the key, but the router didn't as the key was not the proper key anymore. so I switched to access restriction by MAC address, which is not a = problem as it is my home network. Another problem was that the card did not come up at = boot time just by putting the ifconfig statements into /etc/rc.conf like =20 ifconfig_ath0=3D"inet 192.168.6.202 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_ath0_alias0=3D"inet 192.168.6.205 netmask 255.255.255.255" ifconfig_ath0_alias1=3D"inet 192.168.6.206 netmask 255.255.255.255" So I create ath0_up.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d as: #!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.6.202 netmask 255.255.255.0 /sbin/ifconfig ath0 alias 192.168.6.205 netmask 255.255.255.255 /sbin/ifconfig ath0 alias 192.168.6.206 netmask 255.255.255.255 /sbin/route add default 192.168.6.1 Works without problems since then (but maybe someone has a hint how to = avoid all this) Uwe
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