From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 11:31:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4521B37B401 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:31:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from metric.it.uab.edu (metric.it.uab.edu [138.26.182.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54AF743F93 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:31:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zach@metric.it.uab.edu) Received: (from zach@localhost) by metric.it.uab.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h2TJVEW16358 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:31:14 -0600 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:31:14 -0600 From: Zachariah P Garner To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030329133114.A16353@neurosoft.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Subject: USB Wireless Network Adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:31:17 -0000 Does anyone know if there are any USB Wireless network adapters that are supported under FreeBSD? (I'm running 5.0) I have read the map pages for wi, but they only list PCMCIA cards. I know that many companies have a PCI version of the pcmcia card. I have heard that you are likely to get better performance out of a USB adapter since you can more easily move it to get a better signal. Are there particular manufacturers that I should purchase from or avoid? If anyone can offer any advice, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Zach Garner Academic Computing University of Alabama at Birmingham