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From: Cristian KLEIN <cristi@net.utcluj.ro>
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Subject: Re: wireless recommendations ...
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
> I'm looking to do some consulting on a project that will involve wireless 
> networks ... since, if it goes forward, I'm going to be the "Unix person", so, 
> of course, the unix side will be FreeBSD ...
> 
> ... 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 :)

FreeBSD works very well with Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG. However, many people
consider these rather low-end wireless cards.