From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jun 18 8:31:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smtp12.singnet.com.sg (smtp12.singnet.com.sg [165.21.6.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF49A37B401 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:31:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from singapura.singnet.com.sg (singapura.singnet.com.sg [165.21.10.10]) by smtp12.singnet.com.sg (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g5IFVh8Y021843 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:31:43 +0800 Received: (from shanali@localhost) by singapura.singnet.com.sg (8.8.5/8.7.2) id XAA28357 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:31:43 +0800 (SST) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:31:43 +0800 From: S H A N To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need wireless pccard NIC advice Message-ID: <20020618153143.GA30916@singapura.singnet.com.sg> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3D0EF145.E7DFD4C8@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D0EF145.E7DFD4C8@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi, since you have asked for it :) the advice is go with prism chipset cards... why ?? look for man wi for answers :) On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 01:37:25AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Howdy, > > I've pretty much decided to go buy an aironet 350 wireless pccard NIC > for the laptop I've borrowed from work; an IBM a21e. I'm wondering if > anyone has had good experiences with this combo, or the 350 in general. > Doug Ambrisko almost has me convinced, but I thought I'd ask... > > Also, I've been considering buying a PCI version of the aironet and > connecting with ad-hoc mode. Are there any downsides to this, vs. > connecting to a base station? > > Thanks, > > Doug > > -- > "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. > And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." > - George W. Bush, President of the United States > State of the Union, January 28, 2002 > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- S H A N To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message