From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 1 00:38:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437C966E; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:38:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE1B9E0; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:38:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=bew0LX5R5zmWUsCQOxTbRC39QEC02vZreVKMYmevd1I=; b=JgC+YDSt5BJCKCggCdYEAo19SXs0LWKvr4wjLJeBmzmb8qPsDgW3ANBwJVvew3acXyRnRaTwWGrFGZdhYM3lxCRogN1GNIuBnBCjlG2t8i7UzgIeVX9zolzf/k0NkMqyLOVXljfUue30Z6zpmm+1NSZzz8FOYKAAzCCB7W9RQ0M=; Received: from [122.129.203.50] (port=41337 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UMSl3-001ub7-Gt; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:37:58 -0600 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 07:37:53 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: sib@tormail.org Subject: Re: Suggested hardware Message-ID: <20130401073753.025ef1c5@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <1UMOLy-000KOi-6Q@internal.tormail.org> References: <1UMOLy-000KOi-6Q@internal.tormail.org> Organization: ALO Green Technologies X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erich@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: lme@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:38:02 -0000 Hi, On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:55:46 -0000 sib@tormail.org wrote: > Hi. I'm looking to get a netbook or small laptop for FreeBSD. I've > only run it on servers and desktops in the past, so I'm unsure about > some of the hardware requirements. I'd like to be able to connect to > wifi with no auth, wep, wpa and wpa2 and be able to fully utilize the > aircrack-ng suite of tools. I need regular wifi, monitor mode/ahdemo > and packet injection working. Thankfully I saw this PR was added to > the port: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/160564 > > Any suggestions for either a netbook or an add-on (usb maybe?) > wireless card would be greatly appreciated, thanks. > with netbook you mean the low-cost machines? Lenovo was a good pick for me. Erich