From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 12 01:49:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7553216A419 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:49:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C594E13C47E for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:49:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.68.11]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9C1bxD0025182 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:07:59 +0930 (CST) Received: from fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au (fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au) by ednmsw510.dsto.defence.gov.au (Clearswift SMTPRS 5.2.9) with ESMTP id for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:19:43 +0930 Received: from stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.184]) by fmbex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:49:43 +1000 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au ([203.6.60.208]) by stlex510.dsto.defence.gov.au with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:49:42 +0800 Received: from obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9C1ngI5090533 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:49:42 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9C1ngCi090532 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:49:42 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:49:42 +0800 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071012014941.GO84433@obelix.dsto.defence.gov.au> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <20011EE14844381044655F4D@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011EE14844381044655F4D@ganymede.hub.org> Organisation: Defence Science Technology Organisation User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Oct 2007 01:49:42.0404 (UTC) FILETIME=[286C2440:01C80C72] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.0.0.1526-5.0.1023-15478.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--1.451100-0.000000-31 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: wireless recommendations ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:49:53 -0000 0n Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 10:18:34PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >... but, I haven't used wireless at all under FreeBSD ... what do we support >*well*? The machine(s) are going to be remote, so I'd like to go with >something that is generally felt to be 'consistently reliable' vs 'cheap' ... >or, at least, somewhere in the middle ground would be nice :) Atheros Chipsets are the way to go i.e. ath(4) driver. Netgate specialise in selling Atheros based chipset WiFi NICs [http://www.netgate.com/]. -aW IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email.