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Date:      Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:48:19 -0500
From:      Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at>
Cc:        FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Linux vs FreeBSD: wlan-cards
Message-ID:  <20040913184819.3e8aab46@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
In-Reply-To: <i3zu6e.dlzzlv@webmail.tuwien.ac.at>
References:  <i3zu6e.dlzzlv@webmail.tuwien.ac.at>

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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:01:26 +0200
"Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I know I posted a similar question two days ago, sorry - I?m
> still in trouble with finding a proper wlan-card.
> The hardware "database" on the freebsd-site did not help me:
> most cards are either not avaiable in Austria or simply to
> expensive.
> 
> 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.
> What about the cheap d-link and netgear cards, is the prism-chipset
> supported?
> 
> (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.)

Like some one else said, man wi. Also when 5.3 hits stable you will
have the ability to make use of  ndis stuff drivers for it.



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