From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 11:05:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F53B16A4CF for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp4.bahnhof.se (mail.bahnhof.se [213.136.33.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8CB143D4C for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:05:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark.rowlands@mypost.se) Received: from mfilter1.bahnhof.se (mail.bahnhof.se [213.136.33.1]) by smtp4.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id C414B12E3B3; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by re-injector1.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EBF129152; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4.bahnhof.se ([213.136.33.1]) by localhost (mfilter1.bahnhof.se [10.0.1.21]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10602-04; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pcmarpxy.mine.nu (81-170-150-191.bahnhofbredband.net [81.170.150.191]) by smtp4.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6841B12E3B3; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.mine.nu [127.0.0.1]) by pcmarpxy.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5277526; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pcmarpxy.mine.nu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pcmarpxy.mine.nu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93888-04; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from EXCHSRV1.mwrwin2k.se (kalendar.mine.nu [192.168.0.4]) by pcmarpxy.mine.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25E577512; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:54 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 20:02:53 +0200 Message-ID: <4789E43478F3994BB8D967C73FD9C68850A6@exchsrv1> Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Inexpensive wireless suggestions? Thread-Index: AcQb/x7oiY6syC/xRdSJeLttx4HQJQAAeAHA From: "mark rowlands" To: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at bahnhof.se cc: Jonathon McKitrick Subject: RE: Inexpensive wireless suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 18:05:08 -0000 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20 > Aleksandar Simic > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:45 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Bob Collins; Jonathon McKitrick > Subject: Re: Inexpensive wireless suggestions? >=20 > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 12:31:52PM -0400, Bob Collins wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2004, Jonathon McKitrick clacked the=20 > keyboard to produce: > > >=20 > > > I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive wireless setup for home=20 > > > that will work with FreeBSD and an older laptop. Does=20 > anyone have any suggestions? > > >=20 > > > NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. > >=20 > > Post it here, read it here. >=20 >=20 > Any particular reason for this attitude ? >=20 >=20 > > Man wi will help with wireless cards. Any card should=20 > would with any=20 > > WAP using the same protocol, if not a multi protocol WAP. > >=20 > > I went with a cheapo Belikn WAP $20.00 USD and a Spectrum=20 > second0hand=20 > > card $25.00 USD. Works fine for me. >=20 4.9 - stable Cheap D-Link DWL-650 Not Cheap Cisco pcm352 both worked nicely, I was able to set up the D-link as an ad-hoc access point for the Cisco to connect to