Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:48:50 +0000 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement Message-ID: <1079084930.15057.31.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com> References: <20040311083606.5cb8bfcc@localhost> <40507CB6.9030001@centtech.com>
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On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 14:50, Eric Anderson wrote: > Matthew Bettinger wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 laptops at > > work which will be used for freebsd 4.9. They came with the Dell > > TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has very little support all > > around and will need to be replaced. > > > > What is a tried and true, without fail, decent card > > (pcmcia or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement? > > > > I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I still > > feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards for these > > boxes without some list-serv feedback. > > > > I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352... > > > > The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and support > > 128bit wep. > > I have a D600, and I've been using an Atheros 5212 based mini-pci > wireless card. It supports 802.11a/b/g. I run FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT, > but it would work well for you on 5.2.1-RELEASE. The name of the card > was "Netegriti" I believe, and I think I found them on Ebay, and then > purchased directly from the company's website. I just bought one of these from www.discountechnology.com and it's working nicely here so far too (if anyone in the UK wants a working wi compat mini pci card, let me know ;)
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