From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Dec 10 11:37:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C24D37B41D for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:37:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id B376A81D01; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:37:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:37:44 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Will Andrews Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Lan - recommendations Message-ID: <20011210133744.H92148@elvis.mu.org> References: <200112100850.fBA8oNV85788@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <20011210142256.B23826@squall.waterspout.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011210142256.B23826@squall.waterspout.com>; from will@csociety.org on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:22:56PM -0500 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 * Will Andrews [011210 13:27] wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 09:50:23AM +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > What wireless network systems (hub and pccards) would you recommend > > for notebooks equipped with FreeBSD? > > > > Has anyone equipped a Dell 8000 with such? I've heard the Dell 8000 > > has the antenna stuff already prepared - at least the sales person told me > > on the phone when I ordered my Dell a couple of weeks ago. > > > > We want to equip our institutes site with a wireless station. > > > > Any recommendations? > > If you need cheap, the SMC 2632W Orinoco-based wi(4) card works > great on -CURRENT (don't know about -STABLE but don't know why it > would be any different). I got mine for $75. > > I can't recommend any APs, even though I have a Netgear MR314. > The MR314 is very poor feature-wise, but it's a router, not just > an AP. It was pretty cheap too, but I'll probably sell it and > buy a different one. As far as access points, I got a Addtron access point (not router) it's labled 199$, but when I got to the counter (at Frys) they gave it to me for like 75$. Also, there's a page for configurating it from a unix box using SNMP so you don't need to windows to do it. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message