Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:36:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael DuFresne <vdue@zen.tc> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and what 802.11b Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104300921550.19465-100000@beowulf.zen.tc> In-Reply-To: <200104272147.f3RLlNX18552@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:30:14 -0700 (PDT) > >From: Michael DuFresne <vdue@zen.tc> > > >Anyone have a pointer to info regarding the state of wireless for 4.3? > > Well, I've been using [Cisco/]Aironet cards for a while on a variety of > laptops. It's my current understanding that the an(4) driver in -STABLE > is OK for some firmware levels on the cards, but sufficiently recent > firmware changed the sizes of some structs, and the driver that is > presently in -STABLE doesn't deal with that very well. I have looked at the Cisco cards, but dang, they are expensive. From what I can tell, a Cisco card+ap is $700. I was hoping to keep the costs down to a reasonable level without sacrificing too much functionality/security. > I've been running with various patches (from Doug Ambrisko; see > http://www.ambrisko.com/doug/) that handle the newer firmware (which > supports Cisco's LEAP, for example) better. He's also done some things > so I can run the Linux version of Cisco's "acu" and "cem" utilities, as > well as some command-line utilities to load new firmware and display the > "RIDs" on the card. Stupid question time: If I apply patches from an external source (ie other than from cvsup..), how is cvsup affected? > A fair amount of this will be what works with whatever you want to > communicate with. :-} And although it would appear that you're not in > the local area, the archives of the BAWUG (Bay Area Wireless User Group; > http://lists.bawug.org/pipermail/wireless/) will likely be of interest & > use. I'm in Walnut Creek. All that I really need to get working is a wireless link to my home network. I have a few machines working now with various OSes. Work has stated that I can do some work from home provided I can get a VLAN working to the Cisco routers at work. So, if I'm going to telecommute, I might as well do it from the lanai. For the work part, the laptop will use that Redmond stuff, but I want to make sure I can also use FreeBSD whenever I'm not using the laptop for 'work'. > FWIW, my personal laptop is similar to a Dell Inspiron 5000e (made by > Compal), and I've been tracking 4-STABLE and 5-CURRENT on it since early > March... daily.... Stuff about it is at > http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/FreeBSD/laptop.html Cool. Thanks, Mike -- Cannot run out of time. There is infinite time. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This ...is wrong tool. - Zathras To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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