From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 10:25:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E36A37B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 10:25:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB5D43FA3 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@overdose.com) Received: from overdose.com ([80.0.158.31]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with ESMTP id <20030520172502.CHLL25105.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@overdose.com>; Tue, 20 May 2003 18:25:02 +0100 Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 18:25:01 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: "Tiarnan O'Corrain" From: Matthew Ryan In-Reply-To: <20030520163932.95013.qmail@web11201.mail.yahoo.com> Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI Wireless NICs for 4.x/5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:25:09 -0000 On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > Hello-- > > are there any PCI wireless NICs that are known to work with > Freebsd 4/5 that support the 802.11b standard? I would like > to use a FreeBSD box as a gateway/firewall/ Yes, most wireless cards are supported, look in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf Don't edit this file though, if you need to change anything, you can create /etc/pccard.conf to override the default. See man pccard.conf and man pccardd. > wireless access point, so it would have to be able for (I)BSS. Only the Prism II cards and the Cisco cards will work properly as access points. Use "Host AP" The Wavelan cards and driver claim to be up to the job but I've yet to see it work. Don't bother. I've tried every firmware version and it's just broken. > Specifically, do any of the following work, or are any of them > known *not* to work: > SMC EZ Connect Wireless PCI 11Mbps (uses SMC2602 V.2) > Fortunately this card works a treat using Host AP. You should be up in no time. > Zyxel ZyAir B-300 PCI Don't know about this one, I suggest you Google for Prism II to get a list. Matthew Ryan Matt@overdose.com