Date: 14 Nov 2001 16:27:21 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@molemanarmy.com> To: budsz <budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wavelan FreeBSD Message-ID: <86r8r1xqqe.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com> In-Reply-To: <20011114230946.A1266@bdg.centrin.net.id> References: <20011114230946.A1266@bdg.centrin.net.id>
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budsz <budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I've been planning to install wireless in FreeBSD box (which is very
> expensive in Indonesia), but i still confuse about which wavelan card
> that is supported in FreeBSD. and which one is the best/ most
> appropriate in FreeBSD. and what is the difference between lucent gold or
> silver.
I have a Lucent Orinoco Silver and it works fine. The one piece of
advice I was given was if you are using a desktop, get an ISA PCMCIA
converter, NOT a PCI one.
The main difference (that I know of) between the Silver and the Gold
is encryption levels. Silver uses 40bit and Gold uses 128 (I
think!). I wouldn't worry too much about encryption as WEP has largely
been broken. Rather go for the 40bit solution and implement a VPN for
your wireless comms between your machine and your gateway.
--
- Wayne Pascoe
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