From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 14:54:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 D4C7016A420 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:54:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org) Received: from sanddollar.geekisp.com (sanddollar.geekisp.com [204.89.131.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E5F43D46 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:54:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org) Received: (qmail 1625 invoked by uid 1003); 21 Sep 2005 14:54:20 -0000 Received: from amazon.vcsnyc.org (HELO ?10.100.5.5?) (bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org@216.223.202.2) by mail.geekisp.com with (RC4-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 21 Sep 2005 14:54:20 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20050921151545.6539b7f5.lists@yazzy.org> References: <20050921151545.6539b7f5.lists@yazzy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <09388C0A-043A-4451-8E61-80CDB0CFC7FD@vcsnyc.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Brad Schonhorst Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:55:19 -0400 To: Marcin Jessa X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: anon anon , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless card recommendation for laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:54:02 -0000 On Sep 21, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Marcin Jessa wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:58:11 +0200 > "anon anon" wrote: > > >> Im currently looking to purchase a wireless card, preferably mini- >> pci for my >> thinkpad R40. Are there any well supported mpi/pcmcia cards for >> fbsd. >> Please don_t mention the cisco mpi350 as this card has not worked >> for me >> since 4.10. This card only works for about 5 minutes or until it >> is placed >> under reasonable load. It then timeouts and cannot be brought up >> unless the >> system is power cycled. And yes, I have downgraded the firmware >> to 5.00.1 >> or whatever it is numerous times. I need a card that is known to >> work >> without problems under 5.x. >> >> Cheers >> > > Use an Atheros based card. Just be prepared to run FreeBSD 6. In my experience, Atheros support in 5.x is not good. Much work has been put into the ath driver since then. -brad ------------------------------------- Brad Schonhorst Network Administrator Village Community School