From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Oct 30 13:56:13 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 AC1E737B401 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:56:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6587843E3B for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:56:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fscked@pacbell.net) Received: from pacbell.net ([64.171.191.6]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0H4T00IY2E9M84@mta5.snfc21.pbi.net> for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:56:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:57:28 -0800 From: richard childers Subject: Re: Belkin wireless support To: "Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Message-id: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (WinNT; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: <3DBF1588.5020104@acm.org> 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 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