Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:46:48 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement Message-ID: <16464.53304.7021.858666@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost>
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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Bettinger <mbettinger@championelevators.com> writes: Matthew> Hello, We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 Matthew> laptops at work which will be used for freebsd 4.9. They Matthew> came with the Dell TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has Matthew> very little support all around and will need to be replaced. Matthew> What is a tried and true, without fail, decent card (pcmcia Matthew> or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement? Matthew> I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I Matthew> still feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards Matthew> for these boxes without some list-serv feedback. Matthew> I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352... Matthew> The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and Matthew> support 128bit wep. There's an atheros mini-pci card that I've seen on sale for $75 US that works well. The one problem I had with my D800 was that the ariel leads wouldn't reach teh position of the new card's connectors. I found, after disassembling the laptop, that the lead could be run a different way that allowed it to reach the connectors on the card. The $75 card supports a/b/g very well and has good performance and support. The website I bought mine from was wisp-router.com That said, the 1300 works fairly well under project evil if you want to save money and hassle. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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