Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:46:12 -0400 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Wireless 1450 Dual Band WLAN vs Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 WLAN Message-ID: <427175C4.6020202@pldrouin.net> In-Reply-To: <200504282330.j3SNUW2j090804@realtime.exit.com> References: <200504282330.j3SNUW2j090804@realtime.exit.com>
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Frank Mayhar wrote: >Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > > >>Which wireless card should I choose for the best support under FreeBSD? >>I've seen that a driver exists on -CURRENT for the Intel card and I >>would like if this is the case for the Dell card. >> >> > >The Dell 1450 is a Broadcom card; there isn't (and won't be) a native >driver for it. You can use the ndis driver, but a better choice would >be an Atheros-chipset-based card like the Senao NL-5354MP Aries2. I >have one of those and it works well. Note that wireless support is a >lot better under -current, though, than under -stable. > > Ok, so if I have the choice only between the two I've written, I guess I should go with the Intel since there's a FreeBSD driver for it.
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