From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 23:05:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1FF16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:05:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91E743D1D for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:05:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from se@freebsd.org) Received: from [212.227.126.208] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Ca016-0002eT-00; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:05:40 +0100 Received: from [80.132.234.236] (helo=Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Ca016-0002Vr-00; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:05:40 +0100 Received: from StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (StefanEsser [192.168.0.10]) by Gatekeeper.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBC55F57; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:39 +0100 (CET) Received: by StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org (Postfix, from userid 200) id E68972305; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:05:38 +0100 From: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= To: Daniel Hyde Message-ID: <20041202230538.GC9432@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= , Daniel Hyde , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:fa3fae9b6ca38d745862a668565919f6 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11g pci card recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:05:42 -0000 On 2004-12-02 16:36 +1100, Daniel Hyde wrote: > I'm thinking of going for a card supporting WPA encryption for forward > compatibility. My gateway/router supports both WPA and WEP; however > my flatmate's card supports only WEP. Thus, at this point in time, > WPA support on my card is somewhat redundant in that its benefits will > basically be eliminated by running the gateway in a WEP-compatible > mode. > > My flatmate's card is a NetGear WG311 v2. Up until last night I was > expecting I'd probably get one of these, since the WG311 is listed on > the supported hardware page. Then we discovered that the v2 is based > on a different chipset that is not compatible with the ath driver! > (Why, oh why did they not change the model number when they changed > the chipset?) > > So, now I'm not quite game to just buy a card and hope for the best: > I'd like to know before I purchase what's going to work and what's > not. Any recommendations or general advice would be greatly > appreciated. I've got a Netgear WG311T, which is supported by both the ath driver and the NDIS wrapper. A cheaper Atheros based solution appears to be the Allnet ALL0281 for 33 Euro / US$45 (i.e. about half the price of the WG311T), but I have never used that one ... See: http://www.allnet.de/kontakt.php http://www.allnet-usa.com/html/shop.php Regards, STefan