From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 17 20:31:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B02CA16A419 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nge@cs.hmc.edu) Received: from knuth.cs.hmc.edu (knuth.cs.hmc.edu [134.173.42.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5F9513C455 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nge@cs.hmc.edu) Received: by knuth.cs.hmc.edu (Postfix, from userid 26983) id 544298514E; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:31:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knuth.cs.hmc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53E66430A93; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:31:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:31:21 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Eldredge X-X-Sender: nate@knuth.cs.hmc.edu To: Andrew Thompson In-Reply-To: <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz> Message-ID: References: <20080115201828.GB10076@heff.fud.org.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Recommendation for wireless network card (PCI/USB) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:31:21 -0000 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