From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jul 12 12:31:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from wasp.eng.ufl.edu (wasp.eng.ufl.edu [128.227.116.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 627D137B403 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:31:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob89@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu) Received: from garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu (scanner.engnet.ufl.edu [128.227.152.221]) by wasp.eng.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA05219; Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:31:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B4DFAF9.3040908@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:31:05 -0400 From: Bob Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386; en-US; rv:0.9) Gecko/20010711 X-Accept-Language: en, eo MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Driver for D-Link DWL-650 card? References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010712081345.04606810@localhost> <3B4DF92C.5040706@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bob Johnson wrote: > Brett Glass wrote: > >> Please pardon me for reposting this query on a second list, but I got >> no answer when I sent it to freebsd-hardware. Does anyone know if one >> of the existing 802.11b drivers will work with the D-Link DWL-650 >> card? There are some great prices out there on this one, plus a rebate >> offer that runs from this week through the end of July. (I just bought >> one, new, for $74.50 INCLUDING shipping and the rebate.) >> > > > I'm using a DWL-650, and it seems to work fine with the wi driver except > that it cannot do encryption. I believe that is true of all PRISM II > based cards, which means most of the cheap ones. Someone is working on > adding full PRISM II support to the wi driver, and expects to have it > ready in about 6 weeks. Check the -mobile archives for more info on > that. > There is a caveat that I forgot to mention: it doesn't seem to have as much range as advertised, but the problem may be my access point. I'm going to borrow a 3-Com card tonight and do a direct comparison. If the D-Link card does have notably worse performance I'll post that info tonight. - Bob > I have not tested mine in ad-hoc mode: I don't know if that works. > > So, where can I get one for $75? I know a few people who might buy > them for that price (I might even buy one for my wife ;). > > >> --Brett > > > - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message