From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 22:20:15 2005 Return-Path: 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 5C35C16A4CF for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:20:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.68.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE24243D2F for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:20:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4/d) with ESMTP id j3TMJfua006224; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:19:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:19:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200504292219.j3TMJfnJ006222@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org cc: pldrouin@pldrouin.net Subject: Re: Dell Wireless 1450 Dual Band WLAN vs Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 WLAN X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:20:15 -0000 On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:46:12 -0400 Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: >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. > It's worse than that. I have the Dell 1450 card and have been unable to get ndis to work with it. ndiscvt seems to work okay, but errors result when the driver is to be loaded. I posted the results to this list and twice to freebsd-questions, but no one seemed to be able to explain the meaning of the error messages nor to have a solution. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************