From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Oct 1 1:58:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E2637B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 01:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B24B43E81 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 01:58:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott.mitchell@mail.com) Received: from fishballoon.dyndns.org ([80.4.0.215]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021001085850.TFDP28874.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.dyndns.org>; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:58:50 +0100 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara [192.168.1.6]) by fishballoon.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g918wnPL097582; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:58:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g918wnPl004842; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:58:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:58:49 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any opinions on 'Sparklan' WiFi cards? Message-ID: <20021001095849.A4550@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <20020930172333.A8623@fishballoon.dyndns.org> <20021001.010958.128108430.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021001.010958.128108430.imp@bsdimp.com>; from imp@bsdimp.com on Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:09:58AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:09:58AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20020930172333.A8623@fishballoon.dyndns.org> > Scott Mitchell writes: > : Does anyone know (or care to hazard a guess) whether these cards are likely > : to work with 4.x: > : > : http://www.gemplex.com.tw/eng/WL-311F.html > : http://www.gemplex.com.tw/eng/spec/WL-311F.pdf > : > : The spec claims 'PRISM 2.5', which is promising, but you never know with > : these things. I'm also curious to know what '64-bit WEP (128-bit > : optional)' actually means. There's also a PCI version, but the spec sheet > : doesn't give away much about what that's built from. > > I'd guess 95% chance that it works with if_wi, or could easily be made > to work. Excellent. Am I right to believe there's a good chance of it working in hostap mode, if it really is a Prism 2.5? Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message