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Date:      Sat, 5 Jan 2013 20:15:44 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Reliable wireless card for 9-stable?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301052011380.17644@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <1357430854.50885.4.camel@jill.exit.com>
References:  <1357430854.50885.4.camel@jill.exit.com>

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On Sat, 5 Jan 2013, Frank Mayhar wrote:

> Seeing as the Intel Ultimate-N 6300 that's in my new Dell doesn't work
> in 9-stable (see related email here), I'm looking for a card that _does_
> work.  Can anyone recommend a decent 11a/g/n card that works well?  At
> least for 11a and 11g, I realize that 11n is still under heavy
> development, thanks, Adrian!  It obviously needs to be a mini-pcie card.

Careful, there are two sizes of mini-PCIe cards, full- and half-, and 
between one and three antenna connections.

Another important consideration is that Lenovo and HP machines have BIOS 
whitelists that only allow certain cards to work.

> Suggestions greatly appreciated.  Links even more appreciated. :-)
> Thanks!

There's a page on the wiki with Atheros hardware support, but the wiki 
is down right now.



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