From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 09:13:21 2003 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 958CA37B401 for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 09:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns3.safety.net (ns3.safety.net [216.40.201.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1317743FBD for ; Sat, 17 May 2003 09:13:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cbiffle@safety.net) Received: from localhost (rs.rackshack.net.safety.net [216.40.201.32]) by ns3.safety.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h4HGDIA31901; Sat, 17 May 2003 09:13:18 -0700 From: "Cliff L. Biffle" To: Jilles Tjoelker , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 09:14:44 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030517140702.GB34052@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030517140702.GB34052@stack.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305170914.44778.cbiffle@safety.net> Subject: Re: USB wireless network adapters 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: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:13:21 -0000 On Saturday 17 May 2003 07:07 am, Jilles Tjoelker wrote: > The first thing I tried was a cardbus pccard from Sitecom, which uses > the Prism2.5 chipset and should be supported by the wi(4) driver. > However, I'm having trouble with pccard - FreeBSD says my pcic is > "16-bit", and the card works under neither OS. Unfortunately, 32-bit PCMCIA support -- that is, Cardbus -- isn't available until 5.0. I have little experience with the USB adapters, but you do have other options, namely finding a 16-bit wireless card. Most of the Orinoco cards I've come across have been 16-bit. Not quite an ideal solution, but it works for me. -Cliff L. Biffle