Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:52:20 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: Dmitri DB <dmitridb@gmail.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best pcmcia wifi card? Message-ID: <200501071352.20938.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <8039291a0501071340470b2201@mail.gmail.com> References: <8039291a0501071340470b2201@mail.gmail.com>
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On January 7, 2005 01:40 pm, Dmitri DB wrote: > I have just gone through two different wifi cards for my laptop and > they both didn't work for freeBSD. The first one was a d-link DWL-600 > (i think) and I could only get it working through ndiswrapper, and > even then I wanted one with monitoring mode. For christmas I asked > for an orinoco card because I was told they are good, but again, I > got one that is unsupported under freeBSD and no monitoring mode > (It's a proxim a/b combocard that isnt even supported by proxim > anymore) > Anyways, I need some suggestions. Can anyone suggest a good pcmcia > wifi card that both works under freeBSD and has monitoring mode? My > primary aim for using it is probably just for finding access points > and the like so one that supports monitoring mode is a must. I don't know about monitoring mode as I've never tried to use it (and have no idea what it is), but the D-Link DWL-G650 revisions B and C, and the NetGEAR WG511T are well-support, Atheros-based Cardbus cards. I've got these working with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE, 5.3-RELEASE + Sam's net80211 patches, and 6-CURRENT (they also work very nicely in Windows 98SE and XP w/ and w/o SP2). Gives me very nice, stable, 54 Mbit/s connections using WEP and WPA (6-CURRENT) to a D-Link DI-624 router. -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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