From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Sep 9 21: 6:18 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 1AD1B37B400 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:06:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FDE543E3B for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:06:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost.wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8A46FuF038513; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:06:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.1/8.12.1/Submit) with ESMTP id g8A46Dro038510; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:06:15 -0600 (MDT)?g (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 22:06:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Hudson Lee Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: are zcomax 802.11b wireless cards supported in freebsd? In-Reply-To: <20020910005409.GA348@harlem> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Hudson Lee wrote: > I looked around and found an ideal (on paper not counting price) line of prism cards. The > zcomax cards use the prism2 or prism2.5 chipsets and I can get one > with 100mw of power and a detachable built in antenna with an external > RP-MMCX jack underneath. The question is of course, do they work in freebsd? Yes. Well, maybe. See http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/RangeLanDsComments According to that site, the Prism RangeLAN-DS 8434 (removable antenna) *is* a Zcomax XI-300. That seems to be the case. As to whether it works on FreeBSD, the answer is "maybe..." I have two of the 8434/XI-300 cards that almost work in my Tecra 8000. Lots of errors reported by the wi driver and it never quite gets to working. (D-Link DWL-650 cards do work in the same machine with the same software. The RangeLAN-DS cards worked in a Compaq notebook under W98, as did the D-Links.) One of the RangeLAN-DS cards is in Mr. Losh's capable hands; he reports that it works for him. So either I'm doing something wrong, or the older Tecra architecture can't handle them. Or both, or something else. The DWL-650s seem to be adequate for my purposes, so if anyone is interested in one or both of these RangeLAN-DS cards cheaply, let me know. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message