From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 06:02:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A38416A407 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 06:02:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A640613C43E for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 06:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from anne-o1dpaayth1.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.net@lariat.net [65.122.236.2]) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA15207; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:41:18 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200701040541.WAA15207@lariat.net> X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:41:18 -0700 To: Sunnz , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Subject: Re: What is the best supported Wireless card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:02:03 -0000 At 10:09 PM 1/3/2007, Sunnz wrote: >I am looking to build a new desktop which is going to have wireless >access through my router. > >I have been using Atheros's chipset with the ath drivers, yes it works... > >But after read this article: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293 > >I begin to think if there are better vendors out there? > > From the article it seems that Ralink and Atmel are the most >co-operative vendors to open source communities... > >So how good do you think they are? The best for 802.11b (not g, alas) is undoubtedly the Intersil Prism 2.5 and kin. This is in large measure because the chipset contains a lot of embedded intelligence. The load on the host CPU is therefore very light and there's less opportunity for coding mistakes in the host driver. And the embedded firmware is now as about error-free as any wireless code is going to get. Atmel's 802.11b chipsets use the Intersil Prism, by the way. --Brett