Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:41:13 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with D-Link DWL-650+ Message-ID: <200501130841.13833.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20050113152938.GL80381@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> References: <20050112120059.33F6416A4D4@hub.freebsd.org> <u2sbrbt4c27.fsf@lark.auton.cs.cmu.edu> <20050113152938.GL80381@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org>
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On January 13, 2005 07:29 am, Hans Lambermont wrote: > Dan Pelleg wrote: > > Zoran Kolic <kolicz@EUnet.yu> writes: > > > > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > > > > > > I was interested about the same product and found that there is > > > card named DWL-650. It should be prism based card and probably > > > what you want to buy. Your "+" card is TI based, despite almost > > > the same name. (Hard to believe.) > > > > Not only that, but even for the DWL-650 they changed the chipset. > > In particular, if it's the "ver. P" kind, it is NOT supported > > natively. > There is another one : My DWL-650 has an Atheros 5211 in it > (802.11a/b). Works fine with ATH(4), but I do see some > minutes-periodic 'hickups'. The 802.11g and 802.11a D-Link cards have different names than the standard 802.11b cards: DWL-A650 for 802.11a, DWL-G650 for 802.11b/g, and DWL-AG650 for 802.11a/b/g. Again, though, within those names, different revisions have different chipsets. For instance, the DWL-G650 Rev. A uses a PrismGT chipset, while the DWL-G650 Rev. B and C use two different Atheros chipsets. You really need to read through the support documents for each wireless card to figure out exactly what you are getting. It's a real pain buying wireless cards. Why can't the manufacturers give different names based on the chipset used, instead of just changing the revision level?? Would make things so much simpler. -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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