From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 16:21:54 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 047CC16A41F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:21:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A096343D45 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:21:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336648A00AD for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:21:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 48351-01-89 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.9] (unknown [192.168.0.9]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74B58A00CB for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:21:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:21:41 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <20050921151545.6539b7f5.lists@yazzy.org> <09388C0A-043A-4451-8E61-80CDB0CFC7FD@vcsnyc.org> In-Reply-To: <09388C0A-043A-4451-8E61-80CDB0CFC7FD@vcsnyc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509210921.42029.fcash@ocis.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca 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 16:21:54 -0000 On September 21, 2005 07:55 am, Brad Schonhorst wrote: > 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. > > 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. While 6.0 has the best wireless support, especially for Atheros, 5.3 and 5.4 work nicely with most Atheros cards. Just not the new AR5213 chips. I've used a D-LINK DWL-G650 rev. B, NetGEAR WG511T (both CardBus), and the built-in mini-PCI AR5212 in a Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop quite successfully with 5.2.1, 5.3, and 5.4. Using WEP and WPA-PSK. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net