From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 12:46:52 2004 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 E750316A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:46:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from sizone.org (mortar.sizone.org [65.126.154.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FAC543D1F for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:46:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by sizone.org (Postfix, from userid 66) id E8A9F30946; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:46:51 -0500 (EST) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id E73FD1D1EE4; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:46:48 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16464.53304.7021.858666@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:46:48 -0500 To: Matthew Bettinger In-Reply-To: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" XEmacs Lucid cc: dell-d800@eicat.ca cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement 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: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:46:53 -0000 >>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Bettinger 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================