From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Feb 21 13:23:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from queasy.outpost.co.nz (outpost2.inspire.net.nz [203.96.157.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C20E37B561 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2000 13:23:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crh@outpost.co.nz) Received: (qmail 88812 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2000 21:23:51 -0000 Received: from editbeast.outpost.co.nz (HELO outpost.co.nz) (192.168.1.2) by queasy.outpost.co.nz with SMTP; 21 Feb 2000 21:23:51 -0000 Message-ID: <38B1ABFB.307F5559@outpost.co.nz> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:19:55 +1300 From: Craig Harding Organization: Outpost Digital Media Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Ethernet Suggestions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark Conway Wirt wrote: > I'm looking at installing some wireless Ethernet. I know the Lucent > WaveLAN based cards are supposed to be FreeBSD compatible (cards such > as the Cabletron RoamAbout), but I was wondering if anyone has used > any cards of these type, and has any comments/suggestions on them. > It'll need to run with FreeBSD 3.x, and have a PCMCIA option for > laptops. I've used the WaveLAN cards with 3.x without any problems. They use the wl device and work nicely. The configuration interface can be a little odd, the wlconfig utility seems to not always correctly read the current setup from the card, but it will write the right settings. The cards I had were just on loan for doing internet broadcasts from live events a few blocks away. Providing you've got line of sight and the right aerials they'll go a long way. I'm currently playing with Proxim wireless networking devices which are even more fun (and higher bandwidth), they come with an ethernet interface so setup is a breeze. -- C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message