From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 19:58:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DCF16A523 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:58:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB51A13C44B for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:58:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1317210uge for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:58:24 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MPfNHUMKE1rZHGCl2J3n9W/EfN8lvgw4WFZ6ioqnhncJtExXxOgAN0atlMqiS4Y6j52rZ7CneUuXVKziqmTkrAB6bckJayYroFXTpWW2kimi/QPBIfbLKC7FtT9/mBqZNPg2CB5ScSu5EeAI4Drt3+k/Duo359xJh//t5SK3UrQ= Received: by 10.67.20.3 with SMTP id x3mr5962701ugi.1168891104676; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:58:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.12? ( [85.83.123.144]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id s7sm7288076uge.2007.01.15.11.58.22; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:58:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45ABDCD9.8010302@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:58:17 +0100 From: Lars Stokholm User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com> <20070115195237.GB5768@heff.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20070115195237.GB5768@heff.fud.org.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Thompson Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:58:27 -0000 Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 08:44:54PM +0100, Lars Stokholm wrote: > >> John Nielsen wrote: >> >>> On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun >>>>> intended.) :) >>>>> >>>>> I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and >>>>> WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after >>>>> spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I gave >>>>> up. >>>>> >>>>> I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I >>>>> want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and >>>>> supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as >>>>> long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a >>>>> popular one, so community support is more available. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. Have >>>> you looked through the listings here? >>>> >>>> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp >>>> >>>> Also, you failed to mention what your definition of "cheap" is, and what >>>> form factor you're looking for (PCI, Cardbus, etc.) I would start with the >>>> listings at the link above and look through products from the >>>> cheaper-but-popular brands (D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, Linksys) to see if >>>> there are any you can currently buy within your price range. >>>> >> I can't really say what cheap is, just that it's in the low(er) end of >> the scale. I only have a rough sense of the price levels in Denmark and >> I certainly know nothing about them in the US. :) >> > > The cheapest Atheros card I have found is the Cameo WLG-1202, $50 NZD and > works fine. > Thanks, but there's no mention of that card on ANY Danish website. :) Most of them seem to be com.nz. I'd like to buy a locally to save money.