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Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation
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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.


Andrew