From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 21:17:17 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 1FF2016A407 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB7113C44B for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from localhost (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l0FLHGcG078842; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:17:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: Lars Stokholm Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:14:09 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <45ABBFDF.4080708@gmail.com> <200701151344.49696.lists@jnielsen.net> <45ABEA01.7090704@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45ABEA01.7090704@gmail.com> X-Face: #X5#Y*q>F:]zT!DegL3z5Xo'^MN[$8k\[4^3rN~wm=s=Uw(sW}R?3b^*f1Wu*.<=?utf-8?q?of=5F4NrS=0A=09P*M/9CpxDo!D6?=)IY1w<9B1jB; tBQf[RU-R<,I)e"$q7N7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701151614.09299.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org 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 21:17:17 -0000 On Monday 15 January 2007 15:54, Lars Stokholm wrote: > 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? This is actually the card I have and use in my FreeBSD box as an access point (I didn't know it was still available or I would have said so sooner.) Yes, they should be the same. There is an early revision ("A1") card of the same name that actually used a non-Atheros chip, but anything you buy today should be "B" or "C" and work fine. I have the "B" revision. Check out the D-Link website (pretend like you're looking for a Windows driver) for slightly more information on the different revisions and how to identify them. > Also, it says 108Mps? Does it matter that my AP is only 54Mbps? Shouldn't matter at all. 108Mbps is often advertised and rarely used/practical. The idea is to use two 54Mbps streams at once. You need to have a card (and driver) that suport it ("Super-G" or "Extreme-G"), an AP that supports it and that acknowledges that your card supports it, and little to no other traffic or interference, since most AP's will automatically fall back to 54Mbps at the drop of a hat. I'm not sure if ath(4) supports it or not, but I've never really cared too much. JN