From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 30 00:08:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C68A616A403 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@hausro.de) Received: from mail3.netbeat.de (mail3.netbeat.de [83.243.58.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A3C45532 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:08:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@hausro.de) Received: (qmail 30103 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2006 00:08:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Rage) (86.104.204.91) by mail3.netbeat.de with SMTP; 30 Jun 2006 00:08:08 -0000 Message-ID: <002701c69bd9$422d4770$847ba8c0@Rage> From: "ANdrei" To: Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:06:57 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: USB WiFi X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:08:08 -0000 need to buy a WiFi-adapter on USB... choices available so far are from = Sweex, Edimax and Hercules. Compatibility with FreeBSD is important. The Sweex is model LC100060, seems to have a Ralink RT2500 chip. On the = Edimax there is no model on the box, it's a 54Mbps model and on the box = they state they have support for Windows and Linux (mandrake, debian, = suse etc, nothing written about FreeBSD). Hercules I can order, model = unknown, 54Mbps. Prices are about the same, with the Edimax ~5euro = cheaper, but that's not important. Anybody has any experiences with any of the adapters from this company? = Driver support under FreeBSD, and known issues? would love to have = WPA-PSK support on FreeBSD, or at least WEP 128bit working. Also = hot-plugging a problem? any help is greatly appreciated, and time presses me a bit. Have got = quite some adapters for Wifi at home already (PCI, PCMCIA, CF etc) and = had issues with some of them on FreeBSD. This is the first one on USB, = want to get a safe buy :) Oh, my first thought was to go for Edimax, the cheapest, because I don't = need best quality, distance is only 3meters to the AP and no heavy = traffic... if it's working on FreeBSD... thanks alot, ANdrei http://students.oamk.fi/~t6ruan00/ ------ Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience...