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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Atheros 802.11 support
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In message: <99603342.1056757213@melange.errno.com>
            Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> writes:
: My work to support the Atheros 802.11 hardware is now entirely in the tree 
: and enabled for use.  The ath driver supports all Atheros hardware devices 
: and makes FreeBSD the first open source system to support 802.11a and 
: 802.11g*.  There are still issues with the driver.  man ath(4) for details.

I've been testing the ath driver with the 5210 and 5211 parts for
weeks now, and am quite happy with it.  Sam is right that there are
issues one must consider when trying to deploy it,  but it sure is
usable and useful!

: *First by a few days--there is also a Linux version of this software 
: available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/>.

Ah, but it isn't in the linux development kernel yet, now is it :-)

Warner