From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 17 10:37:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp9.xs4all.nl (smtp9.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9CA337B40F for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:37:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp9.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA28635; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:37:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f8HHbRv00946; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:37:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:37:27 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Rasputin Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility? Message-ID: <20010917193727.G347@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20010914150203.A30720@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> <20010914103037.A5619@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <20010914101548.B7169@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3BA23F2E.23F68B29@mitre.org> <20010917094810.A39701@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010917094810.A39701@shaft.techsupport.co.uk>; from rara.rasputin@virgin.net on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:10AM +0100 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:48:10AM +0100, Rasputin wrote: > * Jason Andresen [010914 18:39]: > > Brooks Davis wrote: > > Aren't the airport cards just plain old Silver Lucent cards? If so, > > then > > either the Gold or the Silver should work fine. > > In fact I know the silver works fine because I have an Airport at home > > that > > I talk to with a Silver card. There's a FreeBSD port that lets you > > configure the box from your machine. In Windowsland there's a program > > called FreeBase, and of course the Airport comes with Mac tools bundled. > > Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying > to replace a basestation, not communicate with one. > > But as long as Lucents are compatible, I 'll go for one of those.. > (I only need WEP while I get a crash course in IPSec :) ) > > I take it the PCI PCMCIA adapters are still unsupported? > (on 4-STABLE) In a generic sense, or with Wlan cards? I have one here in a -stable box that appears to work for a PCMCIA modem card. I don't have a FreeBSD-supported wlan card to test with. W/ -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message