From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 19:45:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C2116A492 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 059AE13C4E9 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:44:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1314104uge for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:44:57 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tUYbNdmQwqvBUBFupzE+pAak21wAKW73INo6GPmr/bvGoMkpTiPKYPWa/4AuboOo32KTiA9dYL/5Fgunikgk9CAbhVNxnACXMG2t4XjCQ7OkwSOTWJ7O7F8UBNkEa+7eSMMkkIQWI8iGNRyd+yszUFnWClAlekKWXAA9W+V8TF8= Received: by 10.66.242.20 with SMTP id p20mr5946754ugh.1168890297360; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:44:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.12? ( [85.83.123.144]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id j2sm5987444ugf.2007.01.15.11.44.55; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:44:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:44:54 +0100 From: Lars Stokholm User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: John Nielsen Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation 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: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:45:01 -0000 John Nielsen wrote: > On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote: > >> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote: >> >>> Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun >>> intended.) :) >>> >>> I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and >>> WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after >>> spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I gave >>> up. >>> >>> I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I >>> want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and >>> supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as >>> long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a >>> popular one, so community support is more available. >>> >> For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. Have >> you looked through the listings here? >> >> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp >> >> Also, you failed to mention what your definition of "cheap" is, and what >> form factor you're looking for (PCI, Cardbus, etc.) I would start with the >> listings at the link above and look through products from the >> cheaper-but-popular brands (D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, Linksys) to see if >> there are any you can currently buy within your price range. I can't really say what cheap is, just that it's in the low(er) end of the scale. I only have a rough sense of the price levels in Denmark and I certainly know nothing about them in the US. :) The listing above it good, but I like this better, since it also warns about different versions of the card: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility This is the list I went through last night: http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Atheros But one-by-one I threw them all away. >> The Netgear WG311T seems like a widely available decent bet for ~$50 USD. >> >> In the data sheet it says: "Upgradable to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security." I wonder what that means. Also there are many versions of the card: WG311TIS, WG311TFS, WG311TGE, WG311TNE and so on. After having already spend money on a card that didn't work, because only rev. ? of the card used Atheros, I'm being very cautious.