From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 21:22:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A8716A407 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:22:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC7413C45A for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:22:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so7950266nfc for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:22:14 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=g4BJnIqKCT0zc2J1fKCG+WSX4oH/jODSa6fK+jid7Bv215QRrTymDhGxlI7dr+NBsDSQHij/X7vLwLRMV9bpiSuHiMVqG+fWYu3vlW6V0IwljaLzrwPPoemOEObwAlmbuYMIVd9osLxpMCfObGIVbMwyKv47P1tR7zaLGAoosIs= Received: by 10.82.113.6 with SMTP id l6mr2387678buc.1168032133741; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:22:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.175.3 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 13:22:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <539c60b90701051322k2ff870d1w7076cbec4a29dd1e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:22:13 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "Chris Maness" In-Reply-To: <459EB753.1020500@chrismaness.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <459EB753.1020500@chrismaness.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0a5c98f801ea2e6e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best "Cheap" Wireless card for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:22:16 -0000 Me any mine have been having good luck with Atheros chipsets of late. OfficeDepot (USA) has their own brand (of which I don't recall as my laptop is at home, but starts with an "A"), PCMICA card was $35. Have had dhcp problems with the 'wi0' chipset when signal is poor (drops on/off frequently). Earlier posts led to a suspicion that replacing dhclient with ?dhcp3? from ports might solve the problem but was never tested. The wi0 chipsets have definitely been around the longest, and used to give the most detailed signal strength info with netstumbler on win2k. I also saw some techie site had Atheros cards with big amplifiers on them - up to 400mW, but obviously, those were more in the $75 range than $35. Steve On 1/5/07, Chris Maness wrote: > > What is the best wireless card, USB or other, that works under FreeBSD? > > -- > Chris Maness > (909) 223-9179 > http://www.chrismaness.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089