From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed May 6 06:58:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03389 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 6 May 1998 06:58:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from yard-sale.village.org (ys2.village.org [204.144.255.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA03381 for ; Wed, 6 May 1998 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6] by yard-sale.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0yX4i8-0002VP-00; Wed, 6 May 1998 07:58:16 -0600 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.8.8/8.8.3) with ESMTP id HAA11000; Wed, 6 May 1998 07:57:58 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199805061357.HAA11000@harmony.village.org> To: Mike Smith Subject: Re: Support for this IBM Wireless WAN card? Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 May 1998 00:10:34 PDT." <199805060710.AAA01754@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: <199805060710.AAA01754@antipodes.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 07:57:58 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <199805060710.AAA01754@antipodes.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes: : Just knowing the NIC isn't much help - you need to know how to talk to : the radio as well. Actually, it sounds like the card might be a : Wavelan or similar - have you tried pointing the 'wlp' driver out of : the PAO kit at it? Or similar. I'll have to give the wlp driver a shot. How is it different than the wl driver in -current? : Are these PCCARDs, or ISA cards? Be aware that most of these radio : netcards are 2Mbps or slower, so dewriring is less attractive than it : may sound at first. PCMCIA. These cards run slower than ethernet, true. But I can dewire my bedroom, hot tub and other places where I read mail and don't need 10Mbps..... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message