Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:31:21 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Eldredge <nge@cs.hmc.edu> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Recommendation for wireless network card (PCI/USB) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801171228000.31744@knuth.cs.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801151123490.23548@knuth.cs.hmc.edu> <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz>
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:30:35AM -0800, Nate Eldredge wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I am looking to get a wireless Ethernet card (802.11g) for my desktop >> FreeBSD box. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has found a card >> that works well. It should be PCI or USB. Ideally, I'd prefer one with a >> fully open-source driver if possible. >> >> The machine in question is running 6.2/amd64, if it makes a difference. >> >> I did some searching, but all the results I found were several years old >> and refer to cards that are not on the market anymore. > > Atheros cards are by far the best supported, see > http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp Ok. I see that the Atheros drivers have a binary-only part, as described by ath_hal(4). Can you confirm that this works on amd64? Often vendors are lazy about writing drivers for anything but i386. :( Btw, the Atheros site you link to doesn't seem to work. All my searches yield a server error page. Very confidence-inspiring... Thanks! -- Nate Eldredge nge@cs.hmc.edu
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