Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:50:30 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement Message-ID: <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost>
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Matthew Bettinger wrote: > Hello, > > We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 laptops at > work which will be used for freebsd 4.9. They came with the Dell > TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has very little support all > around and will need to be replaced. > > What is a tried and true, without fail, decent card > (pcmcia or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement? > > I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I still > feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards for these > boxes without some list-serv feedback. > > I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352... > > The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and support > 128bit wep. I have a D600, and I've been using an Atheros 5212 based mini-pci wireless card. It supports 802.11a/b/g. I run FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT, but it would work well for you on 5.2.1-RELEASE. The name of the card was "Netegriti" I believe, and I think I found them on Ebay, and then purchased directly from the company's website. On a side note - if you do run 5.2.1, you should be able to use the NDISulator (aka "project evil") - to use your current TrueMobile card. If you need any configs, etc, for the D600, let me know. I have finally got everything just how I want it. :) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------
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