From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 4 00:31:27 2004 Return-Path: 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 D014D16A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 00:31:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA8E43D60 for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 00:31:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i840WGa5024910; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:32:16 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i840WGtc024909; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:32:16 -0700 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:32:16 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Aidan Saunders Message-ID: <20040904003216.GB24118@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA to PCMCIA ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:31:27 -0000 --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:24:25AM +0100, Aidan Saunders wrote: > I've got an old 486 box with only ISA slots. I'm looking at getting > an ISA to PCMCIA card and using a wireless PCMCIA card to build a > wireless access point. >=20 > Does anyone have a ISA to PCMCIA card running under FreeBSD? If so, > I'd love to hear what hardware you are using. Otherwise, what are the > chances of this working? I didn't find anything relevant in the > hardware compatibility guide. >=20 > Also, assuming ISA to PCMCIA works, a PCMCIA to USB card is of > interest. Again, any experiences of such or views on the likelihood > of this working? They exist, I don't know if any are supported at this point. It's worth noting that in a quick search on froogle, I didn't find any that came in under 200% of the cost of an 802.11g access point at Frys. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBOQ0PXY6L6fI4GtQRAlbKAKDlZqIOdaM6LLxgEOwRw8AGt/J0hQCeK2f8 MYKMBoQIBNZubx0l1dcsIw4= =qlKm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--