Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:57:28 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: "Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" <mraught@acm.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Belkin wireless support Message-ID: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> References: <3DBF1588.5020104@acm.org>
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Summary: no, Belkins don't work under FreeBSD. On the good side, Belkins come with a lifetime warranty. On the bad side, they need it, 'cuz I've encountered problems (possible related to abrupt removals by a small child :-). And Belkins are not supported under FreeBSD. I'd cough up the extra $35 and order an Avaya Gold; check pricewatch.com. Or get an Avaya Silver. Caveat: Belkin's PCI<->PCMCIA converters *do* have a chipset that is recognized by FreeBSD, and it mistakenly thinks it's found a card, but it hasn't and it doesn't work. -- richard "Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" wrote: > Hello all, > I currently use two Linksys cards (wmp11 and wpc11 I think) to route > wireless from my laptop to my wired network. The routing system uses > FreeBSD 4.6.2 and the Laptop has 4.7. > I want to add another station and saw an add from OfficeMax this > Sunday for a Belkin pcmcia adapter for 39.99 (AR) with a free pci > adapter. I don't know which models, but I assume PCMCIA is F5D6020 and > the pci adapter is the F5D6000. I will stop at OfficeMax tomorrow > sometime to get the actual model numbers, but in the mean time does > anyone know the compatibility of these cards or of Belkin cards in > general with FreeBSD? Any gotchas with my existing setup? If it's bad > news then how about a recommendation for a relatively cheap PC-Card/PCI > adapter setup? > > thanks, > -mark > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Richard A Childers/KG6HAC -- Senor UNIX System & Network Administrator "Dont forget nothing." Maj Rogers, standing orders, 1st Ranger Bn, 1759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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