From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 03:57:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F05816A4CE for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:57:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from s1.vhost.cz (s1.vhost.cz [195.39.16.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 715D543D1F for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:57:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from konfer@mikulas.com) Received: (qmail 89486 invoked by uid 85); 11 Feb 2004 12:57:28 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO mikulas.com) (jiri@mikulas.com@195.122.204.153) by s1.vhost.cz with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 11 Feb 2004 12:57:27 +0100 Message-ID: <402A18A2.4080804@mikulas.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:57:22 +0100 From: Jiri Mikulas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040130 X-Accept-Language: cs, en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org References: <193.204.26.9+5Wqjc9ap8uWHjFmrEnL@hal-3.inet.it> <20040211062429.E91658@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <20040211062429.E91658@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Subject: Re: wireless adhoc X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:57:30 -0000 Hi adhoc mode for ATH chipsets is still broken .. see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-October/002146.html For wi based cards adhoc mode works fine.. (I have Zcom XI-626 Prism 2.5 based cards) Jiri Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, mikecasa@katamail.com wrote: > > > >>I have a little problem, I have to run a mobile adhoc network, but i don't konw what card PCI i have to buy. >>I saw that freebsd support chipset atheros, but i want to be sure what i buy. >> >>Have you just realized such mobile network? >> >> > >Your choices for 802.11g are rather limited as far as chipsets go. I'd >recommend anything that's based on the atheros. If you want to use native >FreeBSD drivers, stay clear of Broadcom-based cards. If you end up buying >something that isn't supported yet, you can give the NDISulator ("Project >Evil") a spin. It'll let you use the Windows driver through an emulation >shim. > >If you're only looking for 802.11b, you have a number of choices. I'd get >a Prism-based or Cisco Aironet 35x-series set of cards. > >Regards, >Andy >