Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:01:41 +0000 From: Joe Holden <joe@joeholden.co.uk> To: Lars Stokholm <lars.stokholm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation Message-ID: <45ABDDA5.4060301@joeholden.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com> References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <200701151402.34059.lists@jnielsen.net> <45ABD9B6.1020702@gmail.com>
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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 listing above it good, but I like this better, since it also warns > about different versions of the card: > http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility > > This is the list I went through last night: > http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_chipset.php?chipset=Atheros > > But one-by-one I threw them all away. >>> The Netgear WG311T seems like a widely available decent bet for ~$50 >>> USD. >>> >>> > In the data sheet it says: "Upgradable to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) > security." I wonder what that means. > > Also there are many versions of the card: WG311TIS, WG311TFS, WG311TGE, > WG311TNE and so on. After having already spend money on a card that > didn't work, because only rev. ? of the card used Atheros, I'm being > very cautious. Sorry, completely the wrong link, what I meant was: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List, has a fairly comprehensive list of cards and the chipset they use, should be useful in finding an atheros chip that fits your budget. Ta, Joe
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