From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 06:05:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E03437B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:05:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu (GS166.SP.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.205.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD40343F75 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 06:05:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpelleg@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu) Sender: dpelleg@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu To: ydg References: <20030425001625.7b38e4d2.ydg@cox.net> From: Dan Pelleg Date: 25 Apr 2003 09:04:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030425001625.7b38e4d2.ydg@cox.net> Message-ID: Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless card for freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:05:29 -0000 ydg writes: > I currently have FreeBSD 4.8 running on my laptop. I would like to try wireless access. Someone has suggested the Orinoco cards. However reading thru the archives looks like it might only support adhoc mode? I would like a card that can do both adhoc and bss. The handbook says a card using a Prism chipset will work as an access point. > Any recommendations on a good card to go with? > Sorry if this is a repeated question. I did some searching in the archives and google, and didnt find anything too solid, figured id go to a more direct source :) > > yussef I like the USR 2410. It was really cheap when I bought it. You had to flash the firmware on it, but once you did, it worked well and it does until now. You might need a Windows machine to do the flashing, but only for the 10-20 minutes it takes to install the drivers. (There was also a linux flashing utility in the works, but it wasn't quite there when I last looked). -- Dan Pelleg