Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:31:28 -0400 From: Gary Corcoran <garycor@comcast.net> To: serge-freebsdhw@mindstep.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless PCI Card for FreeBSD 4.8 Message-ID: <3F37FD20.2FD6F8BA@comcast.net> References: <1060615885.279.11.camel@freedom>
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Hi Serge, > Hi, > > I am looking for an 802.11b base PCI base card which is supported by > FreeBSD 4.8 and is still available in stores. This is to be installed on > a Desktop type computer and not a laptop. > > I have already went thought the Release Notes, however as you will see I > have had no luck. In the last two week, I have tried a two cards > - Linksys WMP11, which switch from Prism to Broadcom chip > - SMC 2602W, which switch from a PCMCIA Bridge base card to ADMtek 8201 > chip > > Don't you hate companies keeping the same Model Number for totally > different cards? :-( I don't know if they make what you need, but it *appears* as if Netgear is one company who *does* change their model numbers when they change chips. So if you can find one that was supposed to work, it probably still will... (if you can find one for sale) Gary
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