From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 22:40:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F15FE16A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:40:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil (amcuxfw803.amc.af.mil [131.9.254.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 772F343D5E for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:40:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david.hauan@fairchild.af.mil) Received: from amc.af.mil ([131.9.19.245]) by fw3.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id i8DMe8cE005755 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:40:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ([131.9.25.136]) by amcotav801.amc.af.mil with ESMTP id KP-BXV78.13819198; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:37:18 -0500 Received: from amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil ([131.9.19.74]) by amcw2ms873.amc.ds.af.mil with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:37:17 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:37:17 -0500 Message-ID: <59FD5336D1B1FA40AF6DDD241D8DBAC6B63750@amcw2ms517.amc.ds.af.mil> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Linux vs FreeBSD: wlan-cards Thread-Index: AcSZxFQywS2UUMrDR7Kt712l1eQMhQADdJBA From: "Hauan, David" To: "Florian Hengstberger" , "FreeBSD mailinglist" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Sep 2004 20:37:17.0939 (UTC) FILETIME=[75F48430:01C499D1] Subject: RE: Linux vs FreeBSD: wlan-cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:40:13 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Florian Hengstberger [mailto:e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at]=20 > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:01 PM > To: FreeBSD mailinglist > Subject: Linux vs FreeBSD: wlan-cards >=20 >=20 > Hi! >=20 > I know I posted a similar question two days ago, sorry - I?m=20 > still in trouble with finding a proper wlan-card. The=20 > hardware "database" on the freebsd-site did not help me: most=20 > cards are either not avaiable in Austria or simply to expensive. >=20 > So my question is: > Has anybody found a cheap wlan-card running under freebsd? > I bet that most experienced users have a wlan card working.=20 > What about the cheap d-link and netgear cards, is the=20 > prism-chipset supported? >=20 > (Sorry, but that?s a very important to me: I think of > changing to FreeBSD from Linux and both OS are now competing! > I want to give both a fair chance in hardware-questions.) >=20 > Thanks in advance > Florian >=20 man wi will give you a pretty good list of supported cards dave