From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 19 00:01:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F54106568E for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:01:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattjeet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f180.google.com (mail-vw0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2ED28FC45 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:01:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws10 with SMTP id 10so3464115vws.7 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:reply-to:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=AYFid/8PAbtJ56HMqM9vIDtJpPlM2sZ/D1omT5g6rEk=; b=edAs/B8322TtKzphngalJz5e1CbXLw+2ECKbc+KFPkZH9O376kDvtZqjoxOOTOFPLn qHniUj2pNdBI7mGCJLyYJBTP1dqKH8UhSNi6rIXeTNgTEAGM4Pv3xnXmSO/hyIKXAUSQ hgUQjV5pOx9pWOQbFeqk0wLEd2Yk/+1e/FdlM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=GwVhWXdpv/oSGtKwjqKsu44+Pd4xyriQh1jL3kXv3XN7bkyNTO57J7YNHyDS1U34CU nXx+ZQb7VFN82odG9hkU5LT+vRMXgqAFaQnr2LiBuhPfwQxdQxuzTzX9LkpPXvlAlOFm HHGzA4GXnU7X4jEHJccnpF67886HSV8RbWzBE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mattjeet@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.78.209 with SMTP id m17mr7917752vck.39.1250638209243; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:30:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200908182126.n7ILQkBE024999@leka.aloha.com> References: <200908182126.n7ILQkBE024999@leka.aloha.com> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:30:09 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3bd572cbc69c1a4b Message-ID: <9740caf0908181630r2742d3ah254b5611880925ec@mail.gmail.com> From: Matt Olander To: Gary Dunn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB WiFi X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: matt@ixsystems.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:01:43 -0000 On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: > What U5B WiFi adaptors will be supported in FreeBSD 8.0? How about PC-Card style, like the Link Sys Dual-Band Wireless-N Express Card? Too new? As a rule, are PC-Card adaptors more compatible with FreeBSD? > > How will network selection work? In 7.1 I just edit my /etc/rc.conf and reboot, but I need a more user friendly UI. Hey Gary! We've tried several USB wifi adapters at work with varying success. It helps if they're based on an Atheros chipset. I haven't run across that particular pc-card one but we can add it to the test list. We recently put a mini-pci 3g evdo card in one of our laptops and got it going fairly easily. Works great! For a decent network config GUI, checkout PC-BSD, the desktop config of FreeBSD. It's currently on 7.x but Kris Moore is working on the 8 release right now, which won't be to far behind the FreeBSD release. best, -matt