From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 2 15:00:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C01237B416 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:00:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.vocollect.com (mx1.vocollect.com [208.40.161.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9135243F85 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:00:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bbender@vocollect.com) Received: from vocollect.com (pf1.vocollect.com [208.40.161.18]) by mx1.vocollect.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h52LuX8t022630 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:56:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:00:05 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Brian Bender To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20030530190117.5632237B401@hub.freebsd.org> Message-Id: <91A7C1CC-9545-11D7-986E-000A959D8380@vocollect.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Subject: Re: WLAN support X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:00:16 -0000 On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:29:34 +0200, "Volker" wrote: > ... > I'm currently running a 4.7-release (upgrade to 4.8 planned but not > yet started) on my production box. > ... > Netgear WG511 (Cardbus) or WAG511 (Cardbus, 5 + 2.4 GHz) > SMC 2802W (PCI) or 2835W (Cardbus) > D-Link DWL G520 (PCI) or DWL G650 (Cardbus) > Belkin 802.11g/+ (don't have a product name by hand, PN PCI: > F5D7000, PN Cardbus: F5D7010 - not yet on market) > Nobody's commented on it yet, so maybe I'm out of touch, but I thought Cardbus support in 4.x was not quite mainstream-ready? Last time I looked, anyway (admittedly, 4.5-ish, iirc), it was only really supported in "-current", with the NEWCARD stuff only sort-of backported. 802.11a and 802.11g devices are all either PCI or Cardbus (no 16-bit PCCard), so for 4.x you'll likely want to go the PCI route. Unless I'm completely misinformed on the state of that backport, of course -- is NEWCARD stable in 4.x now, folks? I don't read -mobile very often... > ... > As I was reading that the high speed wireless devices are having a > better operating range compared to 802.11b devices, I don't want to > install 802.11b devices. That's a bit vague, or at least overbroad. :-) I'd recommend reading up on the state of that world a bit more... :-) Comparable 802.11b kit probably has as good or better range & penetration characteristics than 802.11a (2GHz vs 5GHz) if you compare current generation products (i.e. similar receiver sensitivities, etc.) - Brian