Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:20:30 -0500 From: Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop wireless card Message-ID: <d9175cad04101408201b723063@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041014135747.GA27212@teddy.fas.com> References: <20041014135747.GA27212@teddy.fas.com>
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:57:47 -0400, stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: > I'm going back to traveling a bit, from not traveling at all for several > years. > > I find that a lot of the motels internet access is now wireless only. > > I've got a FreeBSD STABLE laptop, and I was wondering what the best brand > of card to but for it would be? http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/hardware-i386.html#AEN1395 You may want to look here for a list of a few. and if you keep up with -STABLE (which is to say are upgrading to 5.3) you will be able to find a similar list provided for it. I cannot really speak for the "best" brand, but I used the Netgear MA401 in my last laptop and it worked while...while it lasted. It's kind of a 3 - 6 month lifespan card, but was supported and thin enough that my other pcmcia slot was open. I've moved to built-in recently and use one of the atheros chipsets. I am much more happy with this solution, personally. I've heard that the orinoco chipset is in some cards that are both high-reception and sturdy. Perhaps cards by IBM or Cisco is where to look for higher quality cards. But again, I went with the Netgear because it was like 10ish dollars on ebay. Good luck :) -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.
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