From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 29 12: 8:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from EnContacto.Net (adsl-63-200-120-84.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [63.200.120.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D7A37B69C for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:08:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by EnContacto.Net (8.11.2/8.11.1) id f0TK8Da03250; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:08:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@EnContacto.Net) Received: from 192.168.1.98 ( [192.168.1.98]) as user eculp@EnContacto.Net by Mail.encontacto.net with HTTP; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:08:13 -0800 Message-ID: <980798893.3a75cdadcf1d4@Mail.encontacto.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:08:13 -0800 From: Edwin Culp To: Brooks Davis Cc: Wesley Morgan , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wavelan etc References: <20010129105851.B7991@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20010129105851.B7991@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 2.3.6-cvs Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoting Brooks Davis : > On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 05:44:09PM -0500, Wesley Morgan wrote: > > Couple questions about wireless... I've seen various posts saying the > > wavelan PCI adapter doesn't work, and a couple that say it will in 4.x and > > beyond. What is the actual truth (Mr Losh?)? > > Last I heard they don't work. > > > And as far as access points are concerned, am I correct in assuming that > > the encryption used between vendors is different and therefore you can't > > cheap out with an off-brand access point while still using a nice > > wavelan/aironet pccard for the mobile? > > No. Anything with a WiFi cert will work, and just about everything else > should. Encryption is entierly standard. There appear to be some > issues with vendors who ship access point with incompatable settings on > by default (Intel being a primary offender[0]) but they should all work > with a little tweaking. > > -- Brooks > > [0] OK, what the f*@! is up with shipping and access point that doesn't > work out of the box with Lucent cards. There are zillions of those > cards out there and everyone knows about them. It's not like they are > hard to get or something. I'd really recommend that no one buy Intel > wireless products until they ship their APs with a decent configuration. > What a bunch of morons! I SECOND THAT. I've lost a lot of time and still have issues to solve. ed -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message