From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 20:54:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE4A16A407 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:54:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2526313C448 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:54:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.stokholm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so1329970uge for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:54:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SQQLt5Ey4w0LmFROPGXzGO5DohqL/3Lsr0w4K1SNvkeQBSrKiB2C6h98ThNVy341JkQUI7hMz7kZXAE98fodQTz2TRPeOQBwQEc8h83/eKZBd0j4v7UwbPBqrLh0tDTT3KL95pdLZyWq67hl8ZX13PR9w+YLBnN4Bu9W98ulYE0= Received: by 10.67.89.5 with SMTP id r5mr6028631ugl.1168894468304; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:54:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.12? ( [85.83.123.144]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id z40sm6038633ugc.2007.01.15.12.54.26; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:54:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45ABEA01.7090704@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:54:25 +0100 From: Lars Stokholm User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: John Nielsen Subject: Re: Wireless NIC recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:54:30 -0000 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 Wow, I actually think I found a card there, that is guaranteed to work. Is this really the end of all my struggles? :) For only 50 USD. There seem to be only one version of the card. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=12 http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=38373 (in Danish) The two cards /are/ the same, right? Also, it says 108Mps? Does it matter that my AP is only 54Mbps?