Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:01:48 -0500 From: uidzero <uidzero@one-arm.com> To: Josh Ockert <torstenvl@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 802.11b with FreeBSD Message-ID: <40F2C3FC.1040406@one-arm.com> In-Reply-To: <126eac4804071209551b338dad@mail.gmail.com> References: <126eac4804071209551b338dad@mail.gmail.com>
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Josh Ockert wrote: >Does anyone have any suggestions on wireless cards to use with >FreeBSD? I used to have a USR 2410 but I could never get it to work >under Linux and I eventually accidentally smashed it in my messenger >bag. Now I have a WPC11v4 piece of tripe with the Realtek chipset, for >which Realtek only release drivers for Redhat Linux. But it's flaky >anyway -- it seems like it's resetting the card every time the >configuration changes, and it is constantly searching for different >access points, so I constantly get little bumps in wireless service >and it often disconnects me from clients requiring persistent >connections (messenger services, etc) -- so I want to get a new card. >I'd like to be able to use this card on FreeBSD, because I'd really >like to ditch Windows. > >I'm looking at a "Cisco Aironet 350 PCM352 Wireless PC Card" on ebay. >Has anyone ever actually gotten this to work on FreeBSD? What about a >pre-v4 WPC11? Any success with the D-Link DWL-650 (and if so, any >chipset or other caveats with that?)? > >Any help would be appreciated. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > On my laptop, I use the D-Link DWL-650 and on my desktop, I use the Linksys WPM11. Michael -- Michael D. Whities uidzero@one-arm.com http://www.one-arm.com -- There are four colors of hats to watch for: Black, White, Grey, and Red. The meanings are: Cracker, Hacker, Guru, and Victim.
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