Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:00:05 -0400 From: Brian Bender <bbender@vocollect.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WLAN support Message-ID: <91A7C1CC-9545-11D7-986E-000A959D8380@vocollect.com> In-Reply-To: <20030530190117.5632237B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:29:34 +0200, "Volker" <volker@vwsoft.com> 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 <g> -- 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
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