From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 06:50:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A1016A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:50:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840A443D5D for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:50:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from centtech.com (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i2BEoWE8059312; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:50:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:50:30 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040205 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Bettinger References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:50:34 -0000 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------