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Subject: Re: Wireless PCI for FreeBSD 6.0
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Lukas Muehlethaler wrote:
> I want to buy a wireless PCI adapter for a machine running FreeBSD 6.0. 
> After reading the archives, man pages, etc. I realized that his is a 
> tricky business. Some of the adaptors listed as supported have now a 
> different chipset. For example, Netgear WG311T now has the AR5002G 
> chipset and I guess this means it is no longer supported by the ath(4) 
> driver. If you bought recently a wireless PCI adapter in the price range 
> of the Netgear WG311T (less than $50) that was supported by the FreeBSD 
> drivers (not the ndis wrapper), could you give me a shout? Thanks a lot! 

I'm not sure why you tihnk the AR5002G is not supported.  The hal 
currently in cvs for freebsd 6.0 and later systems supports all parts 
except the very latest ones (AR5006 I believe is the tag).

	Sam