From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 21:49:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BE5116A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:49:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsidian.spiritone.com (obsidian.spiritone.com [216.99.193.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BEEF43D4C for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:49:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henryt_NOSPAM@aracnet.com) Received: from aracnet.com (216-99-219-32.dial.spiritone.com [216.99.219.32]) (authenticated bits=0)i175p7b6006726 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:51:16 -0800 Message-ID: <40247D9A.4050205@aracnet.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 21:54:34 -0800 From: henry tieman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031124 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20040207051630.GE23113@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20040207051630.GE23113@pir.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 200mW Prism 2.5 cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 05:49:36 -0000 I just got a Prism2 card at Frys for $26 - it's the AirLink+ WLC010. It works with FreeBSD stable. When I tap on it the card has this hollow sound that doesn't inspire confidence but it works with FreeBSD stable. I have not been able to test it hard but so far it seems to work OK. Then I got on the web and looked up this card. It seems to be a generic card from Taiwan and labeled differently for various store brands - but all using WLC010 as the part number. I found at least 3 other brands with 802.11b cards with the same specs, photos and part number - very odd. I have been told that I should be carefull of store brands because they change suppliers without changing part numbers. So I would take this with a grain of salt. But I thought I would share my experience. Henry Peter Radcliffe wrote: >Various people have been posting looking for 802.11b wireless cards >that are happy with -stable. Netgate are currently selling 200mW prism >2.5 cards for $65. > >http://www.netgate.com/EL2511.html > >P. > > > -- Henry Tieman Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.