From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 18:47:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9BE716A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:47:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77F843D1D for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:47:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joshua.lokken@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 55so689wri for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:47:31 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=aPGHIe11tOSF8306B4yXQRUMMtt/jBpVW5GTlKCSspwlik3yFbUevSH2Ry4ObxUycva4hLINEdg01lEaIzqZP8YCNxQVdECVK0EWrgd22vTuG544wTIv7lec/yoqtDlFt/aRv7qywD4bR0eEK7992SA0czodCpH8yM5aK+ZwS08= Received: by 10.54.42.56 with SMTP id p56mr78851wrp; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:47:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.11.33 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:47:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:47:31 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken To: "yitzchak.lander@us.army.mil" In-Reply-To: <3864344386762e.386762e3864344@us.army.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3864344386762e.386762e3864344@us.army.mil> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcmcia wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Joshua Lokken List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:47:36 -0000 On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:54:15 -0700, yitzchak.lander@us.army.mil wrote: > > hello, > > i am using the 5.0 dist, and i cant get it to read my pcmcia ethernet > card. it is rather old card with a cat-5 connector on it for plugging > into my router. it is called ositech trumpcard and it is the jack of > dimonds model the card works because i tried it on the same computer > before loading freebsd and i could surf the net with it. is there a > driver avaliable for this card or should i go get a wirless one? (i > cant find any cabled ones) if i need to get a wireless one, what brand > do you recomend? i do have a wirless g router here. I don't know much about wireless technology or setting it up on FreeBSD, however, you're likely to be asked "Why 5.0? It is no longer supported, and is quite old. Have you got specific reasons for not going with 5.3, which is the production release?" So I'll just get that out of the way.... ;) -- Joshua Lokken Open Source Advocate